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A LARGE CIRCULAR PORCELAIN DISH The sensuous decoration of Aode Kokutani is notably unlike the
ARITA WARE, KO-KUTANI TYPE, EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY) restrained, linear patterns on later 17th-century Nabeshima and
Kakiemon wares from nearby kilns in and near the porcelain center
The round shallow dish decorated in polychrome enamels with a
of Arita. Kokutani ware flourished in Arita for a short period in
pavilion in mountain landscape, framed by a band with geometric
design on a green ground with stylized cloud design, the underside of the mid-17th century. The Kokutani designs were revived later in
the dish also mustard-yellow and decorated with a dense floral scroll the village of Kutani in the Kaga region of Ishikawa Prefecture,
in brown lines, the recessed base with brown fuku (fortune) mark northeast of Kyoto. Some late pieces even have the name "Kutani"
12æ in. (32.4 cm.) diameter inscribed on the base. Until recently it was thought that all Kutani
wares (old and new) were made in Kutani. Although scholarship
$50,000-70,000 has advanced, the old nomenclature has been retained.