A Fine Early Blue & White Arita (Ai-Kutani) Moulded Dish With Figures 1655-1670

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A Fine Early Blue And White Moulded Circular Porcelain Dish With
Tōjin
Figures
Arita ware (
Aï-Kutani
), Edo, c.1655-1670
very fine sharply potted non-biscuit
namagaké
white porcelain of circular form with a pie-crust rim dressed in iron-brown
tétsu-yu
glaze, the interior painted in very fine underglaze cobalt wash in two contrast tones with a central double circular medallion depicting a secret romantic scene, two
tōjin
figures dressed in traditional loose robe, the gentleman holding a sheltering umbrella over his shoulder under a large pine with four clumps of needles and gnarled trunk, sprays of banana plant on the foreground, the cavetto finely moulded in relief with cloud friezes among five shaped plain panels, the reverse typically plain, a large
Kaku Fuku
seal mark within a square to the base set with three spar marks within a cobalt circle, some kiln-grit adhering to the edge of the footring (as expected), covered with a pale blue tinged glaze in darker hues where thick, some manufacturing imperfections to the glaze, partly soiled
The blue and white Arita non-biscuit porcelain dish is thought to have been manufactured either in the Nangawara or Chōkichidani kiln some time between the Méiréki (1655-1658) and Kanbun periods (1661-1673) for the domestic market. The decoration of the current lot, unarguably, derives from those of Jingdezhen
Kosometsuke
porcelain dishes that were manufactured in the Chongzhen period (1628-1644) for the Japanese market. See the Peony Pavilion Collection Catalogue, Christie's, London, 1989 for Jingdezhen dishes with a romantic scene with two figures. An almost identical yet slightly later version with two
tōjin
figures dish with no mark to the base is illustrated in
Aï-Kutani to Aï-Kakiémon
by S. Yamashita, 1983, pl.97, p.105. Compare the current lot with a different version in the Shibata Collection, no.2-205, which dates to 1655 and 1660s. Another later dish with two
tōjin
figures in the same collection, no.2-272, which dates to 1660 and 1680.
Approximate measurements
20.2 cm (8.95 in) maximum cross diameter
Condition
Some old chips to the edge of the iron-brown glazed liprim and one to the footring unless otherwise the dish is in good antique condition with no further chips, cracks and restoration. Some manufacturing imperfections to the glaze. Some minor old wear to the glaze in general use.
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