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A PORCELAIN SAUCER DISH
Nabeshima ware
Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th century
Painted in underglaze blue, iron-red, green,
and ocher enamels with peony blossoms
on stylized waves, the underside with
linked cash and tassels and a comb design
encircling the high foot ring
7 3/4in (19.7cm) diameter; 2in (5.2cm) high

$3,500 - 4,500
For dishes of similar design, see
Fujio Koyama, Nabeshima (Toji taikei,
Compendium of Far Eastern Ceramics, vol.
21), Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1974, illustrated on
the front cover and no.24; Kurita Hideo,
Imari, Nabeshima, Ashikaga, Tochigi Pref.:
Kurita Bijutsukan (Kurita Museum), 1985,
no.127; Hayashiya Seizo, Nabeshima
(Nihon no toji, Ceramics of Japan, vol.10),
Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, 1988, no.20; Toguri
Bijutsukan (Toguri Museum of Art), Nihon toji
meihin zuroku: Imari, Kakiemon, Nabeshima,
Ko-Kutani (Japanese Ceramics in the Toguri
Collection), Tokyo: Toguri Bijutsukan, 1988,
no.331; Asahi Shinbunsha (Asahi Newspaper
Company), Iro-Nabeshima: Hankama-ato
hakkutsu kinen (Enameled Nabeshima
896 Ware: In Commemoration of Excavations
at the Domain Kiln), Kita-Kyushu: Asahi
Shinbunsha, 1982, p.42; Asahi Shinbunsha
(Asahi Newspaper Company), Les Cadeaux
au Shogun : Porcelaine Précieuse des
Seigneurs de Nabeshima, Paris: Éspace
des Arts Mitsukoshi-Étoile, 1997, nos.58-
9; Yasukochi Yukie and Tsuchida Ruriko,
Nabeshima: Hokoritakaki dezain (Nabeshima
Ware: Designs That Inspire Pride), Tokyo:
Santori Bijutsukan (Suntory Museum of Art),
2010, nos.119-120.

897
A SET OF FIVE SMALL PORCELAIN
BOWLS
Hizen ware, Kakiemon type
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
Each set on a ring foot and decorated in
underglaze coblt with birds in flight above
chrysanthemums, the underside painted with
scrolling vines and a stylized fuku (Happiness)
mark, the rim brown iron oxide, one spur
mark
With a wood tomobako storage box
5 3/8in (14.2cm) diameter

897 $1,500 - 2,500

Provenance
David Loew (1922-1988), and thereafter by
descent

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