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Antique Edo Very Old Japanese Shoki Imari Plate 1640-1660 Arita Japan Porcelain

$3,389.28
£2,506.26
€2,838
CA$4,655.50
A$5,176.65
CHF 2,710.07
MX$63,233.72
NOK 34,054.68
SEK 32,035.25
DKK 21,609.18

About the Item

A Shoki-Imari Porcelain Dish, Arita Kilns c.1630 -1650. Visible in the pictures is a flat dish with everted rim and its thick rough foot-rim is typical of some of the earliest Japanese porcelain ever produced. The dish is thickly potted, typical of Japanese porcelain from this early period. The landscape has been painted with large variety of brush-strokes some of which are incredibly fine, the blue varies from a very thin pale washes to deep inky pools. The term Shoki-Imari is used to include the very first porcelain made in Japan, generally thought to be slightly before 1620/1630, to the beginnings of the export market in the 1650s. The designs were strongly influenced by the Ming porcelain in Japanese taste that was being imported at the time but it was also influenced by Japanese pottery. Condition Chip, frit and kintsugi repair. Size: 213mm Period 16th century
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 0.99 in (2.5 cm)Diameter: 8.39 in (21.3 cm)
  • Style:
    Ming (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1640
  • Condition:
    Minor losses.
  • Seller Location:
    Amsterdam, NL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 1320000896561stDibs: LU4863246482082

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