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dwelling place of the immortals, was a most popular motif on Zhangzhou dishes.
Stroeber in her book from 2011 follows Ni with the interpretation of the “bubble” as an association of Penglai.
What made this design desirable for the Japanese, who did not seem to care about the meaning of the “split
pagoda”, but called this type imbande – “printblock type” referring to the four red “seals”?
The Princessehof collection has a very rare dish, a Japanese version of this type of design, made around 1650-
1660 in the kilns of Yoshino, Japan (OKS 2009-1), which “quotes” the imbande from the Chinese original, but
combines it with different elements and colours not found on Zhangzhou ware (see G 4)
Ref.: Harrisson 1979; Krahl and Ayers 1986; Harrisson 1995; Hzrrisson-Hall 2001; Canepa 2006; Ni 2006;
Stroeber 2011
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