An extremely fine Ai-Kakiemon dish superbly and fluidly painted with falling snowflakes & winding mountain stream design
Ai-Kakiemon type, Arita ware, Hizen province, Japan
Edo Period (mid-17th century), Enpō period
circa 1670-80
The very finely potted porcelain body of shallow circular form was produced during the pinnacle of the Prime Period of porcelain production in Arita. A superb example.
The reverse encircled with scrolling floral vines. Three spur marks on the base where the dish rested on its sagger in the kiln.
Measurements:
8 inches in diameter (21.5 cm); 0.85 inches in height (2.2 cm).
Condition report:
In very fine original condition with one tiny kintsugi repair to the rim edge at 12 o'clock.
An extremely fine Ai-Kakiemon dish with snowflakes & stream, Arita c1670-80
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Comparables:
Two identical bowls were sold at Bonhams (Old Bond St, London) Fine Japanese Art, 6 November 2007, lot 348 "Early porcelain - A pair of matching Kakiemon bowls c1650-70".
Additional information
REFERENCES
An identical dish titled as "The Snow Flakes over Stream Design Medium Plate" is illustrated in Kazuo Seki's Beauty of Prime Period Imari: selected works of under-glazed blue porcelain (Tokyo 1990), catalogue number 121, p.49 and p.87.
An identical dish is in the Collection of The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art (Toronto); Macdonald Collection of Japanese Porcelain (Toronto), museum number G20.9.5.