Pursuit of an Ideal: Fine Japanese Works of Art

Pursuit of an Ideal: Fine Japanese Works of Art

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Property from His Grace The Duke of Montrose

A Kakiemon dish | Edo period, late 17th century

Lot Closed

November 5, 02:08 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

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Property from His Grace The Duke of Montrose

A Kakiemon dish

Edo period, late 17th century 


the shallow dish with floral rim on tripod feet, decorated in iron red and gilt, blue, green, yellow and black enamels with a central ho-o bird and dragons to the border 

18.5 cm., 7¾ in. diam.

This design was copied by Meissen, circa 1730-35, for a Meissen example in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, see Masako Shono, Japanisches Aritaporzellan im sogenannten Kakiemonstil als Vorbid fur die Meißener Porzellanmanufaktur, (Munich, 1973), pl. 31.


For reference only, please see an image of the drawing room at Buchanan Castle, circa 1910