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This is an early enamelled work of Arita,
Hizen region, even though this type has
been conventionally called “Ko-Kutani”
style. It is a gosaide dish decorated with
deep green, purple, blue, yellow colours
and black lines on the body, fired at high
temperature with underglazed blue lines
both on the interior and the exterior.
Among early enamelled works, there
are numbers of large dishes with under-
glazed doubled lines inside of the foot
made in Arita, around the late 1640s to
the beginning of 1650s.
Professor Ohashi Koji, Director
Emeritus, Kyushu Ceramic Museum

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A KO-KUTANI STYLE DISH
FUKU MARK, EDO PERIOD, CIRCA
1650–1660
九谷 色絵皿、江戸時代、1650-1660年頃
the helmet shaped dish (kabuto-gata)
decorated in purple, yellow, green, blue and
black enamels with a central roundel of pine
trees among rocks beneath clouds, bordered
by vertical stripes in yellow, blue and purple,
the rim with a wreath pattern, the reverse
with floral sprays and Fuku mark
26.4 cm, 103/8 in.
‡ £ 50,000-70,000
€ 59,000-82,500 US$ 66,500-92,500

Reverse

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