First row top to bottom – A, B, C Second row from top to bottom – D, E, F
Kiku ware. Arita porcelain. Hizen. Japan
by George Ashdown Audsley
A — Basin, of fine old Arita porcelain, very tastefully painted with sprays of ume and flowers. In the centre is a kiku of many petals. Diameter, 8½ inches.
B — Shallow Basin, of old kiku ware, very richly painted in the radiating compartments with diapers and floral sprays. Over these are placed seven kiku, irregularly disposed. The centre contains sprays of ume. This is a very fine specimen of this rare manufacture. Diameter, 9 inches.
C — Basin, of old kiku ware, decorated with scrollwork, hold diapers, and irregularly disposed medallions. Diameter, 7¼ inches.
D — Shallow Basin, of old Arita porcelain, painted with scale diaper-work, fragment of a landscape, medallions, and two sprays of flowers tied together with a knot, in a style savouring much of Dutch art. Diameter, 6 inches.
In the possession of A. W. Franks, Esq., F.S.A.
E — Basin, of old kiku ware, formed of sixteen fluted compartments, springing from a large kiku in the centre, and decorated with several lesser kiku modelled in relief, and irregularly powdered over both exterior and interior. The fluted compartments are painted with diapers and other conventional designs. Diameter, 7¼ inches.
F — Basin, of old Arita porcelain, decorated in the archaic style peculiar to examples of this manufacture. Diameter, 9½ inches.
In the possession of James L. Bowes, Esq.
Source: Ceramic art of Japan by George Ashdown Audsley (1838-1925); Lord James Bowes (1834-1899). London: H. Sotheran & co. 1881.
