Dishes of late period Arita porcelain. Hizen. Japan.

PLATE XIII.

Dishes, Arita, porcelain, Japan, Hizen, George Ashdown Audsley
Plate XIII. Dishes of late period Arita porcelain

HIZEN

Dishes of late period Arita porcelain

by George Ashdown Audsley

Square-shaped Dish of late period Arita porcelain, boldly painted with the Japanese lion and foliage in rich blue. 14½ inches square.

Circular Dishes of late period Arita porcelain, most carefully and minutely painted with diaper-work, medallions and foliage in blue of great richness and intensity. B, 7 inches, and C, 9½ inches in diameter.

In the possession of Joseph Beck, Esq.

Source: Keramic art of Japan by George Ashdown Audsley (1838-1925); Lord James Bowes (1834-1899). London: H. Sotheran & co. 1881.

red, sun, Japan, Mon, Nisshōki, Hinomaru

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