Japanese Celadon Dish decorated basket of flowers, circa 1900
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LOT NUMBER 14
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LOT NUMBER 14
Japanese Celadon Dish decorated basket of flowers, circa 1900
An unusual shallow dish of lobed and fluted circular form, the rich celadon glaze decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels with a basket of flowering lotus, the design slightly off centre, the reverse with a blue transfer mark representing fungus (a plant traditionally symbolising long life).Celadon glazed wares with enamel decoration in fairly muted colours are a familiar product amongst the ceramics produced by Japanese potters at the end of the nineteenth century but examples of this type of dish are rather less commonly found. The basket of flowers is a regular decorative feature of Chinese ceramics, but given here a slightly different interpretation with the depiction of lotus, the emblem of summer. The mark probably imitates Chinese ‘commendation’ marks inscribed within the foot rim, another nod on the part of the Japanese potters towards their Chinese counterparts.
Size: | Diam 21.5cm Base 11.3cm |
Weight: | 480gm |
Date: | 1900 |
Condition: | Excellent condition; two very small original glaze firing cracks to the front edge |
Estimate: | £20 – 30 |