https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/ Pater Gratia Oriental Art Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:10:36 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45405 Japanese Imari 1690-1800   Object 2012731   Bowl   Japan   c.1700   Height 117 mm (4.61 inch), diameter 265 mm (10.43 inch), diameter of footring 107 mm (4.21 inch), weight 1,157 grams (40.81 ounce (oz.))   Bowl on footring, straight sides with a slightly flaring rim and edge. A single spur-mark on the base. Imari, decorated in underglaze blue, iron red, green, turquoise, aubergine, black, yellow and gold. In the centre a flowering Camelia Japonica flower spray. On the sides two wide spread flower sprays. Round the rim a geometrical pattern border in underglaze blue with four reserves filled with a flower spray in reverse decoration on an iron-red ground. The outside with three outlined reserves filled with flowering chrysanthemum plants growing from behind bounded hedges. In between the panels flowering peony plants and wide spread flowering cherry trees. Round the foot a circular geometrical pattern border in underglaze blue and on the foot a continuous floral scroll in iron-red. On the base a large Artemisia leaf in underglaze blue outlined in gold.    With sets of under dish, bowl and cover, the decoration of the trunks continue on the matching cover and under dish. These covers and under dishes are now mostly missing. It is rare to see complete sets. Here you can see an example of a complete set with matching decoration on the cover and under dish. This example was found in England and is in an English private collection.      Condition: A firing flaw to the inner wall and some loss of enamel.   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Recent Acquisitions Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:09:53 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-705 On this page you'll find my latest acquisitions.   This way you can quickly browse through my recently acquired objects without having to browse through all the various categories.   After some time, each object in 'Recent Acquisitions' will be moved to their specific category.   Latest update: Recent Acquisitions; June 17, 2026. Recent Acquisitions Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:05:01 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45406 Chine de commande - Western Subjects 1680-1800 - Western Designers - Pronk, Cornelis (1691-1759)   Object 2012722   Dish   China   c.1750   Height 44 mm (1.73 inch), diameter of rim 279 mm (10.98 inch), diameter of footring 166 mm (6.54 inch), weight 672 grams (13.70 ounce (oz.))   Dish on footring, straight rim. Decorated in underglaze blue with a scene reminiscent of Pronk's 'Parasol Lady' design, with a lady standing in a garden near a waterfront gesturing at three cranes in front of her and one in flight while her attendant is holding a tasselled parasol. Various plants and trees are growing near the waterfront. the central scene is outlined by a spiralling border. On the sides flower sprays hanging down from a honeycomb diaper-pattern border. The reverse is undecorated.   Imitations of Pronk Porcelain   For the Dutch East India Company, (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC) porcelain made to order after the drawings by Cornelis Pronk proved not to be profitable enough. Private traders however, saw how well it sold, which prompted them to commission simplified versions. This was the beginning of the production of all sorts of blue and coloured versions of this ware, among others of tea ware and of plates. Quite extraordinary were the Japanese imitations of Pronk Porcelain, which featured Japanese geishas instead of the well-known Chinese parasol ladies. This variant was later in turn copied in China as well. After it arrived in the Netherlands, blue Chinese porcelain was occasionally over-decorated in enamel colours (Amsterdams Bont), whereby the Pronk motif was copied as well. English imitations were seen far into the 19th century, while this motif even appears to have still been applied on Maastricht ware of as late approximately 1900. (Source: Groninger Museum)   The design on this dish is an excellent example of an interpretation of Pronk's 'Parasol Lady' design by the Chinese porcelain painters themselves, maybe meant for the own domestic market as an exotic item, an 'Europeanerie'. In this case the waterbirds beside marsh grasses have been replaced by pheasants, while the insects on the reverse have been deleted. Furthermore, the design was also widely copied in Europe, for example by the Venetian Porcelain Factory Cozzi, the Dutch Ouder-Amstel Porcelain Factory and Delft factories. At Delft, there were plain white objects decorated with the Chinese version of the Parasol Ladies. Until the mid to late 19th century the pattern of the 'Parasol Lady' was still used on European porcelain, for example at the famous Herendt Factory in Hungary and at the Porcelain Factory of Maastricht, the Netherlands.   Condition: Restored.   Reference: Groninger Museum   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Recent Acquisitions Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:16:58 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-44617 Sold Ceramics - Sold Chinese wares over-decorated in the West 1700-1800 - Dutch over-decorated Amsterdams Bont - Religious Designs - Page 1   Object 2012417   Dish   China   1740-1745, over-decorated in the Netherlands, Amsterdams Bont, c.1740-1760   Height 28 mm (1.10 inch), diameter of rim 231 mm (9.09 inch), diameter of footring 124 mm (4.88 inch), weight 311 grams (10.97 ounce (oz.))   Dish on footring, flat underglaze brown-edged rim (jia mangkou). Blank porcelain. Polychrome over-decorated in iron-red, blue, green, brown, pink and black overglaze enamels, in the Netherlands, Amsterdams Bont, c.1740-1760 with an overall scene depicting a seated Job naked with a part of a torn up robe over his legs, his hands folded together and two of his friends standing and clearly in agony. Underneath the scene the script 'JOB2:'. On the sides interwined spirals, round the rim a foliate scroll border. The reverse is undecorated. (Welsh 2003, pp.68-74, cat.19)   Book of Job 2:11 (Job's Three Friends) Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, the came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him. And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads towards heaven. And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.   Biblical scenes from the Old and New Testaments painted on Chinese porcelain in the Netherlands appear to date mostly from the 1740s onwards and were painted in either a naïve style or copy the work of old masters. Events in the life of Christ, particularly the crucifixion, were the most numerous. Many surviving pieces are teacups and saucers. Jesus hangs on the cross, the wounds in his hands, feet and side spurting blood. The Virgin Mary, his mother, on the right and his disciple John stand grieving at the foot of the cross which is firmly pegged into the ground. In the background is the church tower and houses of a small town. Glimpsed inside the cup are instruments of the passion; the hammer and nails, the spear, rope, ladder, rod and sponge and the scourge with the crown of thorns in the centre. The same crucifixion scene, with more detail such as the elaborate halos and townscape, is also found on delftware and on Weesp porcelain teawares. (Espir 2005, pp.194-195)   There is an identically shaped, sized and decorated dish in the Paulo Cunha Alves Collection, Lisbon Portugal.    Overdecorated plates with similar border designs show a view of the Herengracht in Amsterdam with the inscription de bogt van de Heeregracht, 't Am., 'the bend in the Herengracht at Amsterdam', Another plate shows a portrait of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), his obelisk in the Oude Kerk at Delft or his arms,, but there is also a late version of of Pronk's 'The Parasol Lady' with this border (Jörg).  That the Leeuwenhoek plates were probably painted for the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the famous biologist would seem to be confirmed by a Delft plate of a similar design dated 1774 . Thus the Pronk plate and this one are dated accordingly. (Lunsingh Scheurleer 1974, cat.341), (Lunsingh Scheurleer 1989, p.273, cat.239), (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.327, cat 289)          This over-decorated plate with a similar border design shows a portrait of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), his obelisk in the Oude Kerk at Delft or his arms. (Lunsingh Scheurleer 1974, cat. 341)      An over-decorated plate with a similar border design shows a view of the Herengracht in Amsterdam with the inscription de bogt van de Heeregracht, 't Am., 'the bend in the Herengracht at Amsterdam'. (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.283, cat. 389)     An over-decorated plate witha view of the village Jaarvelt after an engraving by Abraham Rademaker (1675-1735).     Pronk's design the 'Parasol Lady' with similar border design. (Jörg 1996-5, pp.38-44, fig. 87)    Condition: Poor, professionally restored.   References: Lunsingh Scheurleer 1974, cat. 341 Lunsingh Scheurleer 1989, cat. 239   Jorg 1996, fig. 87 Jörg & Van Campen 1997, cat. 389 Welsh 2003, pp.68-74, cat.19 Espir 2005, pp.194-195   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:16:17 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45407 Chinese wares over-decorated in the West 1700-1800 - Dutch over-decorated Amsterdams Bont   Object 2012726   Bowl   China1730-1750, over-decorated in the Netherlands, Amsterdams Bont, c.1730-1760   Height 73 mm (2.87 inch), diameter of rim 151 mm (5.94 inch), diameter of footring 64 mm (2.56 inch), weight 309 grams (10.90 ounce (oz.))   Bowl on footring with a straight underglaze brown-edged rim (jia mangkou). Carved anhua (secret) decoration of leafy branches. Decorated in underglaze blue with two diaper pattern borders one near the footring the other round the rim. On the bottom a flower head in a single concentric band. Over-decorated in iron-red, black, gold and other overglaze enamels, in the Netherlands, Amsterdams Bont, c.1730-1760 with two figures in a landscape with trees and bushes. One divine figure (the Virgin Mary) is sitting under a tree her elbow resting on his leg while her hand is supporting her head. The other figure (the Angel Gabriël) is approaching while holding a stick, his scarf is being blown up by the wind.   The over-decoration on this bowl represents "The Annunciation". The moment when the Angel Gabriël announced to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and give birth to Jesus Christ. It is described in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:26-38). According to the Christian tradition: The Angel Gabriël was sent by God to Mary in Nazareth. Gabriël greeted her with the words: 'Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee'. He told her she would bear a son named Jesus, who would be called the Son of God. Mary asked how this could happen, since she was a virgin. Gabriël explained that the conception would occur through the Holy Spirit. Mary accepted with humility: 'Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be into me according to ty word'. The Annunciation is one of the central moments in Christianity because it marks the beginning of the incarnation - God becoming human in Jesus Christ. It is traditionally celebrated on March 25, exactly nine months before Christmas.   For an identically decorated dish in the collection of Museum Boymans - van Beuningen, Rotterdam, please see: La porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a décor Occidental, (F. & N. Hervouët & Y. Bruneau, Flammarion - Pere Castor, Paris 1986), p.400, no.16.136.  A A tea caddy with a similar 'The Annunciation' decoration. (Image courtesy: Paulo Cunha Alves Collection, Lisbon Portugal)    Anhua is a Chinese term meaning 'secret or hidden decoration', it is incised or carved into the body below the glaze. (Espir 2005, p.254)    Condition: Restored.   References: Hervouët 1986, no. 13.1 & 13.2 Espir 2005, p.254   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Recent Acquisitions Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:19:20 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45408 Sold Ceramics - Sold Chine de commande - Western Subjects 1680-1800 - Mythological and Religious Subjects - Religious Subjects - Page 1   Object 2012559   Dish   China   c.1700   Height 25 mm (0.98 inch), diameter of rim 163 mm (6.42 inch), diameter of footring 90 mm (3.54 inch), weight 133 grams (4.69 ounce (oz.))   Small dish on footring, flat rim. Decorated in underglaze blue with a European style landscape depicting a man and a woman standing on either side of a tree: he wears a jerkin and carries gourd flask at his waist; they are accompanied by sheep and carry staves. The sides undecorated. On the rim a continuous pattern of flower scrolls. On the reverse two long flower sprays alternating with mountains. Marked on the base with the six-character mark: Da Ming Cheng hua nian zhi, (Prepared during the Chenghua reign of the Great Ming Dynasty (1465-1487)), in a double circle, underglaze blue.   Eighteenth-century Chinese porcelain with European decoration. Religious subjects. The earliest scene from the Old Testament is that of Adam and Eve on a plate from the Kangxi period in underglaze blue. Adam is to the left of the tree and Eve to the right. He is accompanied by a he-goat(?) and by several other animals. The im-decoration of tendrils and flowers reminds one of those found in the second half of the seventeenth century. (Lunsingh Scheurleer 1974, p.143)   The composition, which has not been traced, is reminiscent of Delftware designs of the 'Adam and Eve' type. (Howard & Ayers 1978, vol. 1, p.70, cat 27)   The shepherd and shepherdess may represent Adam and Eve after their expulsion from Paradise. A Western (biblical?) illustration was probably used as the model, but this has not been traced. This is an early example of a narrative chine de commande representation in underglaze blue. Other examples are known but these differ from each other in the way the representation is painted. Jörg 2002/2, p.142, cat. 97)   For identically decorated dishes, please see: Chine de Commande, (D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Hilversum, 1966), cat. 225. Chinese export porcelain. Chine de Commande, (D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, London 1974), cat. 234. China for the West. Chinese Porcelain and other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection, (D.S. Howard & J. Ayers, Philip Wilson Publishers for Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, London 1978), vol. 1, p.70, cat. 27. Aziatische Ceramiek en Glas, (D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, exhibition catalogue of the J.M. van Diepen Collection, Fraeylemaborg, Slochteren, 1982), p.54, cat. 179. La porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a décor Occidental, (F. & N. Hervouët & Y. Bruneau, Flammarion - Pere Castor, Paris 1986), p.155, cat. 7.39 & cat. 7.40. Pronken met Oosters Porselein, exhibition catalogue Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, (S. Hartog, Zwolle, 1990), p.118, cat. 139. Jan Menze van Diepen Stichting. Selectie uit de collectie Oosterse keramiek. (Jan Menze van Diepen Foundation. A Selection from the Collection of Oriental Ceramics), (C.J.A. Jörg, Slochteren, 2002), p.142, cat. 97. Four Centuries of Blue & White. The Frelinghuysen Collection of Chinese And Japanese Export Porcelain, (B. MacGuire, Ad Ilissum / Paul Holberton Publishing, Chicago, 2023), p.399, cat. 450. Condition: A firing flaw to the base and three restored chips, one with a connected hairline, all to the rim.   References: Lunsingh Scheurleer 1966, cat. 225  Lunsingh Scheurleer 1974, cat. 234 Howard & Ayers 1978, vol. 1, cat. 234 Lunsingh Scheurleer 1982/2, cat. 179 Hervouët 1986, cat. 7.39 & 7.40 Hartog 1990, cat. 139 Jörg 2002/2, cat. 97 MacGuire 2023, cat. 450   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:22:14 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45404 Japanese Imari 1690-1800   Object 2012730   Dish   Japan   1700-1730   Height 45 mm (1.77 inch), diameter 265 mm (10.43 inch), diameter of footring 168 mm (6.61 inch), weight 882 grams (31.11 ounce (oz.))   Dish on footring, spreading sides and a lobbed rim. On the base eight spur-marks. Imari, decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red, various overglaze enamels and gold with a flower spray in a central roundel. The sides and rim are divided into four panels. Two panels are filled with rockwork, flowering Camelia japonica plants and scattered kiku flowerheads in low relief. The other two panels ae filled with a house with grasses, clouds, flowering cherry plants and scattered kiku flowerheads in low relief. On the reverse a continuous leafy and flowering cherry scroll    This dish was most likely originally came with a matching covered bowl which is now lost.   Condition: Perfect.   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Recent Acquisitions Thu, 28 May 2026 13:35:27 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45403 Japanese wares with Western Shapes or Designs 1653-1800   Object 2012725   Sand brick   Japan   1680-1700   Height 65 mm (2.56 inch), dimensions 135 mm (5.32 inch) x 55 mm (2.17 inch), weight 424 grams (14.96 ounce (oz.))   Sand brick of rectangular shape on a flat unglazed base. Hollow with three shallow domed top rows with small holes. Imari decorated, on the wide sides in, iron-red and yellow, aubergine, green, grey, black enamels and gold with a wide spread gnarled blossoming prunus growing from rockwork with small plants. On the smaller sides flowering bamboo plants growing from rockwork. Round the rim swirling clouds. The holes are square outlined in iron-red.   In the West, quill pens were used for writing and the ink was dried by dusting it with fine sand. A sander like this came with an matching inkstand. These type of writing sets will have been based on a European metal or earthenware model and must have been luxury items. The sand brick, which had to be filled from above, should not be confused with the later and much larger Chinese flower bricks. Apparently, such writing sets were only made in Arita and no Chinese examples are recorded. Curiously, the very few complete sets known have a particular kakiemon-style decoration. Sets must also have existed in underglaze blue and Imari, as is indicated by single examples of sand bricks and inkstands. (Jörg 2003/1, p.188)   For similarly shaped sand bricks, please see: Japanese Porcelain, (S. Jenyns, Faber & Faber, London / Boston, 1979), cat. 65Aii.  Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (C.J.A. Jörg, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam 2003), pp.188-189, cat. 234 & 235. Another similarly shaped, sized and decorated sand brick is in an English private collection.   Condition: Overall fine crazing to the glaze, a chip to a corner and a fleabite to a hole.   References: Jenyns 1979, cat. 65Aii Jörg 2003/1, cat. 234 & 235   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Recent Acquisitions Fri, 22 May 2026 14:00:57 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45283 Japanese wares with Western Shapes or Designs 1653-1800   Object 2012658   Shaving bowl with matching ewer   Japan   1700-1720    Height shaving bowl 101 mm (3.97 inch), dimensions rim 345 mm (13.58 inch) x 280 mm (11.02 inch), dimensions footring 157 mm (6.18 inch) x 127 mm (5.00 inch), weight 1.754 grams (61.87 ounce (oz.))   Height ewer 183 mm (7.20 inch), diameter mouthrim 110 mm (4.33 inch), diameter footring 92 mm (3.62 inch), weight 933 grams (35.03 ounce (oz.))   Oval shaving bowl, spreading flat rim with a semicircular section saved in the lower part In the basin. A ring in low relief to fit the matching ewer. Imari, decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gold with a flowering peony spray in the central ring in low relief flanked by wide spread flowering peony and chrysanthemum sprays tied with a ribbon with tassels. On the rim flowering peony and chrysanthemum sprays in wavy shaped panels and flowering plants in onion shaped panels flanked by flowerheads on a golden ground. The pitcher is decorated en suite.    Shaving bowls were used by barbers and were indispensable in the Dutch household too. They were made of earthenware, pewter, copper and even silver. They had an alternative use namely, to let blood from a vein in the arm during blood-letting, a medical procedure thought to drain bad blood from the system also performed by the barber/surgeon. In the seventeenth century, regulations were put in place in England to govern what barbers were permitted to do. Thus the became confined to bloodletting and treating external diseases. In Prussia the barbers' and the surgeons' guild joined in 1779, and it was said of great Prussian surgeons that they had risen "up from the barber's bowl'. Both purposes explain the semi-circular saving. The two holes are for a cord used to suspend it from the client's neck to catch lather and water during shaving, or to hang the bowl on the wall thus implying that owners also appreciated the bowl for its decorative value as well as its function. Chinese shaving bowls usually have the holes in the footring while Japanese examples have them in the rim. (Jörg 2003/1, p.184), (Sargent 2012, p.189)   These forms have also been called shaving basins as well as Mambrino's helmets, a name that comes from Cervante's novel The Life and Achievements of Don Quixote de la Mancha, in which the title character uses the bowl of the barber Mambrino as a helmet. (Sargent 2012, p.189)   The ewer is a close copy of similar European metal of faience ewers produced in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. (Jörg 2011/2, p.150)     Condition: A small chip to the underside of the edge of the semicircular section.   References: Jörg 2003/1, p.184 Jörg 2011/2, p.150 Sargent 2012, p.189   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Recent Acquisitions Wed, 13 May 2026 08:28:55 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45353 Chinese Imari 1700-1800 - Tea, Coffe and Chocolate wares   Object 2012691   Saucer   China   1730-1750   Height 21 mm (0.83 inch), diameter of rim 113 mm (4.45 inch), diameter of footring 57 mm (2.24 inch), weight 69 grams (2.43 ounce (oz.))    Saucer on footring, slightly everted rim. Chinese Imari, decorated in underglaze blue, overglaze iron-red and gold with a seated figure with a walking cane and a clearly European appearance, hair style and clothing, in the background a fence with flowering plants.    Sotheby's Ca Mau Shipwreck, circa 1725, auction sale catalogue shows an illustration intended to provide instructions for the Chinese porcelain painters on the ways and appearance of unfamiliar foreigners. The foreigner depicted on this saucer is clearly such an unfamiliar (European) foreigner. (Amsterdam 2007, pp.213-214)    Condition: Some glaze rough spots to the rim.   Reference: Amsterdam 2007, pp.213-214    Price: € 249 Currency Converter   More pictures >> Recent Acquisitions Mon, 04 May 2026 09:42:06 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45402 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Tea, Coffee and Chocolate wares 18th Century - Page 3   Object 2011482    Tea bowl and saucer   Japan   1700-1730   Height of tea bowl 41 mm (1.61 inch), diameter of rim 68 mm (2.68 inch), diameter of footring 25 mm (0.98 inch), weight 42 grams (1.48 ounce (oz.))   Height of saucer 23 mm (0.91 inch), diameter of rim 115 mm (4.53 inch), diameter of footring 48 mm (1.89 inch), weight 77 grams (2.72 ounce (oz.))   Tea bowl and saucer on footrings with spreading sides with slightly flaring rims. Imari decorated in underglaze blue with overglaze iron-red and gold with a single flowering chrysanthemum spray in a central roundel. On the sides three fan-shaped panels two filled with grasses and a butterfly in flight in gold on an underglaze blue ground the third with a riverscape with houses and trees alternating with floral scrolls. The tea bowl is decorated en suite.     Condition: Both perfect.   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Mon, 04 May 2026 09:38:27 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45401 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Tea, Coffee and Chocolate wares 18th Century - Page 3   Object 2011355    Tea bowl and saucer   Japan   1700-1730   Height of tea bowl 39 mm (1.54 inch), diameter of rim 69 mm (2.72 inch), diameter of footring 30 mm (1.18 inch), weight 43 grams (1.52 ounce (oz.))   Height of saucer 21 mm (0.83 inch), diameter of rim 120 mm (4.72 inch), diameter of footring 52 mm (2.05 inch), weight 85 grams (3.00 ounce (oz.))   Tea bowl and saucer on footrings with spreading sides with slightly flaring rims. Imari decorated in underglaze blue with overglaze iron-red and gold with a single flowering peony spray in a central roundel. On the sides panels filled with a flowerpot on three legs filled with flowering plants on a fenced terrace, alternating with groups of flowering plants. The tea bowl is decorated en suite.     Condition: Both perfect.   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Mon, 04 May 2026 09:38:14 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-44385 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Tea, Coffee and Chocolate wares 18th Century - Page 1   Object 2012354   Teacup   Japan   1690-1730   Height 44 mm (1.73 inch), diameter of rim 75 mm (2.95 inch), diameter of footring 32 mm (1.26 inch), weight 57 grams (2.01 ounce (oz.))   Bowl on footring, spreading sides with a slightly everted rim. Decorated in iron-red, green, yellow and black enamel and gold with four peony flower sprays. On the bottom a single peony flower spray in a single. iron-red concentric band. The inner rim with a border of x's alternating with dots in gold.   The absence of underglaze blue, may or may not follow kiln practice. Evidence from potsherds at kiln-sites does not suggest that some kilns made either the one or the other, rather that all kilns seem to have made both. On the other hand, there is a tendency in most examples for those pieces without underglaze blue to be more finely decorated and to bear more refined enamels; this may mean that they were emulating the Kakiemon, and therefore it seems more likely that this would have been the practice of some kilns and not others. (Impey 2002, pp.191)   For an identically shaped, sized and decorated tea cup and saucer please see: The Shibata Collection Part V, (The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Kyushu, 1997), p.146, cat. 207. The Voyage of Old-Imari Porcelains, (Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Arita 2000), p.57, cat. 88.  For other similarly decorated objects please see: Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - Tableware and other Porcelain with Western Shapes - Page 1 - Object 2012140. Japanese Export Porcelain. Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, (O. Impey, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2002), pp.195-196.  Condition: Perfect.   References: Kyushu 1997, cat. 37 Arita 2000, cat. 88 Impey 2002, p.191 & pp.195-195   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Mon, 04 May 2026 09:33:11 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-42397 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Tea, Coffee and Chocolate wares 18th Century - Page 1   Object 2011830   Teapot   Japan   1710-1730   Height with cover 98 mm (3.86 inch), diameter handle to spout 137 mm (5.39 inch), diameter of mouthrim 40 mm (1.57 inch), diameter of footring 49 mm (1.93 inch), weight with cover 228 grams (8.04 ounce (oz.)), weight cover 24 grams (0.85 ounce (oz.))   Small oviform teapot on footring. Curved handle, slightly bent spout. Domed cover with round knob. Imari decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gold. Decorated around the foot a leafy and flowering branches scroll. On each side of the body a kidney-shaped panel reserved on a dark blue ground filled with flowering plants and birds. The panels are flanked by four flowerheads on a dark blue ground with leafy scrolls in gold. On the handle and spout florets between scrolls. On the cover two kidney-shaped panel reserved on a dark blue ground filled with flowering plants and birds. Both panels are flanked by a flower head on a dark blue ground with leafy scrolls in gold.   Condition: A shallow chip to the tip of the spout.   Reference: Jörg 2003/1, cat. 247   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> More pictures of object 2011386 another identically shaped, sized and decorated, sold teapot >> More pictures of object 2010346 another identically shaped, sized and decorated, sold teapot >> More pictures of object 2010298 an identically decorated, sold tea caddy >> More pictures of object 2011426 an identically decorated, sold tea caddy >> More pictures of object 2012471/723 an identically decorated, sold tea caddy >> More pictures of object 2010325 an identically decorated, sold sugar bowl >> Sold Ceramics Mon, 04 May 2026 09:32:57 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-44616 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Tea, Coffee and Chocolate wares 18th Century - Page 3   Object 2012003   Milk jug   Japan   1710-1730   Height 90 mm (3.54 inch), diameter 78 mm (3.07 inch), diameter of rim 44 mm (1.73 inch), diameter of footring 45 mm (1.77 inch), weight 184 grams (6.49 ounce (oz.))   Oviform milk jug on footring, wide neck with pinched spout at the rim. Curved C-shaped handle. Rim unglazed inside for lid, now missing. Imari decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gold with three vertical gold sprays with pink cherries and two pink doves at foot, between each spray a floral lozenge motif in red and blue touched in gold.   Tea and or coffee sets of Japanese porcelain are extremely rare and the almost complete set in the Groninger Museum, Groningen is the only one I know of in The Netherlands. Its matching milk jug is also a rare shape in Japanese porcelain. (Jörg 2003/1, p.192)   Japanese porcelain milk jugs are, just like tea caddies, very rare, for an identically decorated tea caddy (converted into a sugar caster), please see: Japanese Tea, Coffee and Chocolate wares 18th Century - Page 1 - Object 2010885. For an identically decorated coffee pot and cup, please see: Japanese Export Porcelain. Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, (O. Impey, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2002), p.207, cat. 344 & p.209, cat. 352. For an identically shaped and sized milk jug, please see: Fine & Curious. Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (C.J.A. Jörg, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2003), p.197, cat. 247a. In all probability this tea caddy, coffee pot, cup and milk jug formed part of a set.   Condition: A small fleabite to the tip of the spout.   References:  Impey 2002, cat. 344 & cat. 352 Jörg 2003/1, p.192 & cat. 247a   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Mon, 04 May 2026 09:24:59 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-41951 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Tea, Coffee and Chocolate wares 18th Century - Page 1   Objects 2011995, 2011998 & 2011998A   Three teacups and saucers   Japan   1700-1720   2011995: Height of teacup 51 mm (2.01 inch), diameter of rim 82 mm (3.23 inch), diameter of footring: 31 mm (1.22 inch), weight 67 grams (2.37 ounce (oz.)) Height of saucer 30 mm (1.18 inch), diameter of rim 142 mm (5.59 inch), diameter of footring 75 mm (2.95 inch), weight 137 grams (4.83 ounce (oz.))   2011998: Height of teacup 50 mm (1.97 inch), diameter of rim 83 mm (3.27 inch), diameter of footring: 33 mm (1.30 inch), weight 65 grams (2.29 ounce (oz.)) Height of saucer 34 mm (1.34 inch), diameter of rim 138 mm (5.43 inch), diameter of footring 71 mm (2.80 inch), weight 133 grams (4.96 ounce (oz.))   2011998A Height of teacup 49 mm (1.93 inch), diameter of rim 81 mm (3.19 inch), diameter of footring: 34 mm (1.33 inch), weight 68 grams (2.40 ounce (oz.)) Height of saucer 29 mm (1.14 inch), diameter of rim 126 mm (4.96 inch), diameter of footring 63 mm (2.48 inch), weight 107 grams (3.77 ounce (oz.))   Three teacups and saucers on footrings with everted rims. Imari decorated in underglaze blue, overglaze iron-red, green, yellow, light aubergine, black enamel and gold. In the centre a standing female figure, facing left, wearing a red kimono dress. She is standing in front of a closed zig-zag shaped garden fence, which reaches to her middle. To her right an open building with wooden roof, with a seated figure. In the foreground of this building a large cherry tree, with a curved trunk, branches and finely painted grains. The tree has red cherry blossoms. To the left of the central figure two birds flying above a fence from left to right. In the foreground some flowers growing from pierced rockwork. The rim is decorated with a dark blue border with golden scrollwork. The reverse is decorated with three stylized flowering plants. On the base a single concentric band. The teacups are decorated en suite.   These teacups and saucers belong to the so-called five colour Imari group (gosai). This colour scheme consists of red, green, purple (aubergine) and/or yellow enamels with gold and underglaze blue. Soame Jenyns proposes that the lavish use of golden detailing on the underglaze blue was perhaps meant to hide the imperfections caused by blurring in the firing, a common characteristic of Japanese porcelain. Arts states (he quotes Soame Jenyns on this) that landscapes and human figures are less commonly found on five colour Imari.   Suchomel illustrates an Imari bowl with lid decorated with a very similar blossoming cherry tree motif (sakura). The cherry blossom is regarded as the most important flower of Japan, together with the chrysanthemum. One of the names of Japan is in fact "land of the cherry blossom". The cherry blossom is emblematic of purity of life and the samurai spirit.    Jörg states that It is often not easy to distinguish between export and non-export wares, Imari was certainly not exclusively made for export. This particular type of Imari porcelain was highly esteemed in Japan. In this case, the existence of an identical decorated saucer in a Japanese collection could signify that these saucers were originally meant for the Japanese home market.   For this identically decorated saucer, please see: Arita, Kutani: Nihon No Yakimono, (T. Nagatake, Tokyo 1991), cat.18 Allthough the cups have roughly the same height and diameter, the diameter and the height of the saucers vary considerably (please see sizes above). Differences in measurements between the same plates or sets are not uncommon in Japanese porcelain. However, another interesting possiblity is that the sets with small size saucers might have been used for serving tea while the larger versions were used for serving coffee.   Interestingly the design was also used for overdecorating in the Netherlands, 'Amsterdams Bont' in the early 18th century, Espir shows a plain white Chinese chocolate cup and saucer overdecorated 1708-1720 with the original Japanese design in a Kakiemon style, for this chocolate cup and saucer please see: European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain 1700-1830, (H. Espir, Jorge Welsh Books, London, UK, 2005), p.61, cat 14. SKD Online collection, PO. 3159. A very similar decorated small plate, again with a blossoming cherry tree, fenced garden and identical blue rim with golden scrollwork, however without the exceptional Japanese figures, is described in Impey’s 'Japanese Export Porcelain', cat. 330. Interestingly, he mentions that the Ashmolean Museum also has a Worcester cup and saucer of that same pattern in the Marshall collection.   Impey records a very similar decorated small plate, again with a blossoming cherry tree, fenced garden and identical blue rim with golden scrollwork, however without the exceptional Japanese figures. Interestingly, he mentions that the Ashmolean Museum also has a Worcester cup and saucer of that same pattern in the Marshall collection   Conditions:   2011995 Teacup: Perfect. Saucer: Perfect.   2011998: Teacup: A fleabite to the rim. Saucer: Shallow fleabites and a chip to the footring.    2011998A: Teacup: Perfect. Saucer: Perfect.    References: Jenyns 1979, p.52 & p.54 Arts 1983, p.58 & p.141 Nagatake 1991, cat.18 Suchomel 1997, cat. 232 Impey 2002, cat. 330 Jörg 2003/1, p.91 Espir 2005, cat 14 SKD Online collection, PO. 3159   Price: 2011995: Sold. 2011998: Sold. 2011998A: Sold.   More pictures 2011995 >> More pictures 2011998 >> More pictures 2011998A >> More pictures of object 2011470 another identically shaped and decorated, sold saucer >> More pictures of object 2012381 another identically shaped and decorated, sold tea bowl >> More pictures of objects 2012687 & 2012688 two other identically shaped and decorated, sold saucers >> More pictures of objects 2012720 & 2012721 two other identically shaped and decorated, sold saucers >> Sold Ceramics Mon, 04 May 2026 09:20:27 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45400 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Kakiemon / Japanese Kakiemon-style wares - Japanese Kakiemon - Page 1   Object 2012714   Dish   Japan   1680-1700   Height 102 mm (4.02 inch), diameter of rim 210 mm (8.27 inch), diameter of footring 105 mm (4.13 inch), weight 681 grams (24.02 ounce (oz.))   Octagonal bowl on footring, spreading sides, everted rim, upright edge. Decorated in underglaze blue. In the centre an octagonal panel with a river scene and a house. The right-hand side with rocks with wide-spreading pomegranates, the left with two egrets, one walking the other in flight. Round the rim a petal border. The outside with four wide panels one panel is decorated with  flowering prunus and bamboo plants growing from rockwork, the second panel is decorated with flowering aster plants growing from rockwork and the last two panels are decorated with flowering peony plants growing from rockwork. On the base a square kin ('gold') mark.  (Jörg 2003/1, p.147 & cat. 163)   The asymmetry of the interior decoration is characteristic of the spontaneity of the Kakiemon style. The design itself is quite unusual and no comparable pieces seem to be recorded. The kin mark is associated with Kakiemon production. (Jörg 2003/1, p.147 & cat. 163)   Within the Nangawara underglaze-blue, one particular style of decoration is distinguishable. Where the decoration of the pomegranates is still very precise, the drawing is rather loose, although not sloppy. The light wash covers the blooms and leaves. Even though the painting and the colour of blue are different, the body is still the fine type from Nangawara. The differences between the Nangawara pieces may be ascribable to the slightly different styles of the different workshops in Nangawara: further study is required. (Fitski 2011, p.85)   The kin mark is documented as having been used by the Kakiemon kiln in the period 1670-80, although it was also used on wares of the first half of the 18th century. Kin marks do occur on several pieces in Dutch collections. Given the high quality of this piece and the specific mark, it can be assumed that it was produced in the Kakiemon kiln in the late 17th century. (Jörg 2003/1, p.146)   The egret [shirasagi] also occurs on Chinese porcelain and may have been taken from there. it is often depicted with a lotus, a play on words representing a wish to pass civil examinations swiftly. Perhaps just as importantly, egrets are still to be seen walking along the river bed in Arita. The decorators of Kakiemon must have come across them frequently. (Fitski 2011, p.157)   For smaller but identically shaped and decorated bowls, please see: Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (C.J.A. Jörg, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam 2003), p.147, cat. 163. Kakiemon Porcelain. A Handbook, (M. Fitski, Leiden / Amsterdam, 2011), p.85, cat. 94. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Objectnummer AK-RBK-1983-26. Condition: Two very tiny fleabites to the rim.   References: Jörg 2003/1, pp.146-147, cat. 163 Fitski 2011, p. 85, p.157, cat 94 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Objectnummer AK-RBK-1983-26   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Mon, 04 May 2026 08:56:59 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45396 Sold Ceramics - Sold Southeast Asia other wares - Page 1   Object 2010200   Jarlet   Annamese (Vietnamese)   c.1500   Height 92 mm (3.62 inch), diameter 88 mm (3.46 inch), diameter of rim 29 mm (1.14 inch), diameter of footring 49 mm (1.93 inch), weight 269 grams (9.49 ounce (oz.))   Octagonal jarlet on footring with angled shoulder and a short upright neck. Crackled glaze. Decorated in underglaze blue with octagonal shaped panels filled with flowering plants alternating with rectangular shaped panels filled with a zig-zag-lines pattern. Round the shoulder panels with flower sprays alternating with panels with zig-zag lines. Round the shoulder an overlapping pointed lotus leaf-pattern border.   Similarly shaped and decorated jarlets were found amongst the salvaged cargo of the The Lena Shoal junk shipwreck which sank around 1490 during the Ming-Dynasty in the reign of the Emperor Hongzhi. The Lena shipwreck was discovered in 1997 at a depth of 48 meters.  She was wrecked on a reef and sank off the island of Busuanga, in the Philippines, one of about 7,000 islands, reefs and sandbanks in the area. It contained more than 5,000 objects, mostly Asian ceramics, but also small bronze guns, lacquer toilets, bronze bracelets, lead and iron ingots, woks, copper containers, spices, glass beads and elephant tusks. (source: UNESCO)   For similarly shaped and decorated jarlets, please see: Annamese ceramics in the Museum Pusat Jakarta, (C. Lammers in collaboration with A. Ridho, , Jakarta, 1974, p.62, cat. 5A90/1945. Condition: Some firing flaws to the footring caused by the firing process.   Reference: Lammers en Ridho 1974, cat. 5A90/1945   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Sun, 03 May 2026 14:39:22 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-42744 Sold Ceramics - Sold Southeast Asia other wares - Page 1   Object 2011473   Dish   Annamese (Vietnamese)   c.1500   Height 71 mm (2.80 inch), diameter 360 mm (14.17 inch), diameter of footring 210 mm (8.27 inch)   Dish on footring, spreading sides, narrow flat rim with raised edge. Decorated in a strong underglaze blue with a large chrysanthemum spray with leaves. On the sides chrysanthemum and leafy scrolls. On the rim a 'classic' scroll motif. The edge unglazed. On the reverse a band of lotus panels containing leaf-forms. The base is covered with a chocolate slip of iron or manganes oxide, applied spirally on the biscuit, from the centre of the base outwards   Vietnamese stone wares and porcelains were an important trade item in the 15th and 16th centuries throughout S.E. Asia. Jars, bowls, architectural elements, figures and in particular large, sturdy porcelain dishes were part of the varied output of the many kilns in northern Vietnam. Competition with Chinese ceramics is evident - even on the markets of the Middle East - but at the same time the Vietnamese wares have their own identity and charm. The decorations are painted in an easy way, with quick strokes of the brush, without becoming coarse; the blue usually shows darker and lighter shades. Motives include peonies and lotus, birds, fishes and mythical animals like dragons. The chocolate-brown base is a characteristic that only is found on Vietnamese wares; its function is not clear yet.   For similarly decorated dishes see; Porcelain and the Dutch East India Company, as recorded in the Dagh-registers of Batavia castle, those of Hirado and Deshima and other contemporary papers 1602-1682, (T. Volker, Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, E.J. Brill, Leiden 1954, reprint 1971), Pl. XXXI, cat. 52a & 52b. Vietnamese Ceramics. Catalogue of the exhibition organized by the Southeast, Asian Ceramic Society and held at the National Museum, Singapore in June 1982, (C.M. Young, ed., M.-F. Dupoizat, and E. W. Lane, Oxford University Press / Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Tanglin, Singapore, 1982), cat. 192. Vietnamese Ceramics. A Separate Tradition, (J. Stevenson & John Guy, Art Media Resources with Avery Press, Chicago, 1997), p.155, fig. 3; cat. nos 239, 272. Keramiek uit Vietnam / Ceramics from Vietnam (S. Borstlap, Museum het Princessehof Nederlands Keramiek Museum, Leeuwarden, 1993), pp.30-31, cat. 25. Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Porcelain, (D. Battie, Conran Octopus Limited, London, 1994), p.38. Condition: A firing flaw and a P-shaped hairline to the rim.   References: Volker 1954, reprint 1971, Pl. IV, cat. XXXI, cat. 52a & 52b Young 1982, cat. 192 Stevens & Guy 1997, p.155, fig. 3; cat. nos 239, 272 Borstlap 1993, cat. 25 London 1994, p.38   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Sun, 03 May 2026 14:39:11 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45395 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - Imari with no Underglaze Blue, Iron-red and Gold only - Page 1   Object 2012526   Teapot   Japan   1690-1720   Height with cover 85 mm (3.35 inch), height without cover 63 mm (2.48 inch), diameter handle to spout 125 mm (4.92 inch), dimensions of square mouthrim 38 mm (1.49 inch) x 38 mm (1.49 inch), diameter of footring: 40 mm (1.58 inch), weight with cover 183 grams (6.46 ounce (oz.)), weight cover 26 grams (0.92 ounce (oz.))    Square teapot with rounded sides on a low, square firing-ring. The lower body bulges before reverting to a square shape. A square shaped domed cover with a square knob finial. Curved handle and spout. Imari decorated in iron-red and gold. The sides decorated with two designs of flowering peony alternating with chrysanthemum plants Corners of body picked out with narrow red and gold lines. On the handle and spout a floret between scrolls. The red and gold lines continue from corners, dividing the cover onto four panels containing flowers similar to those on the body.    In category 36 'Coloured Imari with no underglaze blue, iron-red and gold only' of his Japanese export porcelain, Impey states that the implication of this singular restriction of palette, without the use of underglaze blue, is that these may be the product of a single enamelling workshop, but may or may not be the product of a single kiln. The restriction is probably one of choice, for it would hardly be cheaper, if at all, to use a wider range of enamels, and no cheaper to use underglaze blue. (Impey 2002, pp.220-221)   For an identically shaped teapot, please see; Japanese Tea, Coffee and Chocolate wares 18th Century - Page 1 - Object 2010380. Japanese Export Porcelain. Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, (O. Impey, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2002), p.207, cat. 344 and p. 208, cat. 347.  Christie's Collections. Teapots, (P. Tippett, Marshall Editions, London, 1996), p. 20. Condition: Perfect.   References: Impey 2002, cat. 347 Tippett 1996, p.20   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Sun, 03 May 2026 14:33:39 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-44752 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - Imari with no Underglaze Blue, Iron-red and Gold only - Page 1   Object 2012464   Teapot   Japan   1690-1720   Height with cover 76 mm (2.99 inch), height without cover 68 mm (2.68 inch), diameter handle to spout 100 mm (3.94 inch), diameter of mouthrim 20 mm (0.79 inch), diameter of foot 28 mm (1.10 inch), weight including cover 99 grams (3.49 ounce (oz.)), weight cover 6 grams (0.21 ounce (oz.))    Small teapot, square, rounded body on flat unglazed base. Curved handle and a short straight spout. Small upright mouthrim, flat lid with round knob. Imari decorated in iron-red and gold on the sides with flowering plants and grasses and two deeply recessed kidney-shaped panels with modelled decorations in high relief. One panel with a cock, chicken and two eggs on the other a bird perched on a branch of a prunus tree. Round the base of the spout an upturned pointed leaves pattern border. On the handle a floret between scrolls. On the cover round the base of the knob a leaves pattern border in low relief.   In category 36 'Coloured Imari with no underglaze blue, iron-red and gold only' of his Japanese export porcelain, Impey states that the implication of this singular restriction of palette, without the use of underglaze blue, is that these may be the product of a single enamelling workshop, but may or may not be the product of a single kiln. The restriction is probably one of choice, for it would hardly be cheaper, if at all, to use a wider range of enamels, and no cheaper to use underglaze blue. (Impey 2002, pp.220-221)   Bottles, vases, teapots and other objects with similar recessed panels that form a kind of window through to a deeper picture layer were only produced for a short period. This was probably because they were too time-consuming to make and therefore expensive. This type of decoration is only found on Japanese pieces; Chinese imitations are still unknown. (Jörg 2003/1, p.98, cat.96)   Japanese Imari objects decorated in a low relief are rare. In 'Fine & Curious' a bottle (cat. 96), two teapots (cat. 243) and a shaving bowl (231), all decorated in a low relief, are published. Jörg states that these objects could have been made in a specialised workshop producing for export. (Jörg 2003/1, p.100 & p.186)   The inset relief-modelled scenes, often of chickens, can also be found on longnecked bottles. (Impey 2002, p,221, cat. 381)   For an similarly shaped, sized and decorated teapot, please see: Japanese Export Porcelain. Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, (O. Impey, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2002), p.221, cat. 381. For an earlier sold teapot also decorated in low relief with similar recessed panels that form a kind of window through to a deeper picture layer, please see: Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Tea, Coffee and Chocolate wares 18th Century - Page 1 -  Object 201034. Condition: Firing flaws to the handle, the mouthrim an underside of the rim of the cover, two very tiny fleabites to the tip of the spout and a firing tension hairline to the underside of the handle. At one point in time the cover was probably glued to the teapot by a former owner this way preventing it from accidentally falling off and breaking, some glue remains are attached to the underside of the rim of the cover.   References: Jörg 1982/2, cat. 98 & cat. 122 Impey 2002, cat. 381   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Sun, 03 May 2026 14:33:27 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45394 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - 'Gold' Imari - Page 2   Object 2011449   Saucer   Japan   1700-1730   Height 20 mm (0.79 inch), diameter of rim 110 mm (4.33 inch), diameter of footring 56 mm or (2.20 inch), weight 70 grams (2.47 ounce (oz.))   Saucer on footring, slightly flaring rim. 'Gold' Imari, decorated in gold, iron-red and a light-pinkish gold wash with four groups of flowering plants growing from stylised rockwork and two exotic birds with long tail feathers pheasants in flight. The reverse is undecorated.   The exotic birds depicted are most likely two hôô birds or two Japanese pheasants (Phasianus versicolor). The hôô is a mythical bird originating from China, a composite creature, whose composing elements vary, although in Japan it remains essentially a mixture between a cockerel, a pheasant and a bird of paradise. Japanese pheasants (Phasianus versicolor) are, given their different heads, presumably supposed to be a pair, but in fact only the male has an elaborate tail that can be spread out like a fan. (Fitski 2011, pp.158-159)   Condition: Perfect.   Reference: Fitski 2011, pp.158-159   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Fri, 01 May 2026 12:25:59 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45393 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - 'Gold' Imari - Page 2   Object 2011741   Saucer   Japan   1700-1730   Height of saucer 16 mm (0.63 inch), diameter of rim 77 mm (3.03 inch), diameter of footring 44 mm or (1.73 inch), weight 21 grams (0.74 ounce (oz.))   Saucer on footrings, slightly everted rim. 'Gold' Imari, decorated in gold, iron-red and a light-pinkish gold wash with a central flower spray round the rim a silkworm and stripes pattern border. The reverse is undecorated.   Miniature porcelain was used to decorate a room or mantelshelf as part of a porcelain ensemble or was intended to be put into a porcelain cabinet. Japanese miniature red and gold Imari pieces can also be found as part of doll’s houses, which showed representations of actual rooms. Pardue states that seventeenth-century Dutch and eighteenth-century British parents wanted their children to prosper and be refined members of polite society. The tea wares and other miniature ceramics, may have been used by or casual play by the young or curiosities for adult amusement, but when viewed through the lens of material culture, they also served as a means through which parents taught their children to succeed in an adult world and carry themselves with proper refinement in polite society. Finally, it has also been suggested that these small sized teacups and saucers were used for the tasting and testing of various sorts of precious tea at a shop. (Jörg 2003/1, p.205 cat. 264), (Pardue 2008, XX)   Condition: Perfect.   References Jörg 2003/1, cat. 264 Pardue 2008, XX   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Fri, 01 May 2026 12:25:47 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-42671 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - 'Gold' Imari - Page 2   Object 2011695   Dish   Japan   1700-1720   Height 39 mm (1.54 inch), diameter 213 mm (8.39 inch), diameter of footring 113 mm (4.45 inch), weight 445 grams (15.70 ounce (oz.))   Dish on footring, spreading six-lobbed rim. On the base two spur-marks. 'Gold' Imari, decorated in iron-red, gold and black enamel with a central roundel filled with a bird perched on the branch of a flowering tree. The roundel is surrounded by two groups of rockwork one with a wide pine tree. On the sides two phoenixes one standing the other in flight under a wave-shaped border in black enamel. On the rim six half peony flower heads with reserves filled with flowering plants and divided by triangles in black enamel. On the reverse two flower sprays.   The intention of this black enamelling technique was to imitate lacquer, as lacquer adheres poorly to the porcelain body, this enamel imitation was a good alternative. (Jörg 2003/1, cat. 129 & 340)   For objects similarly decorated with black enamel / lacquer imitation please see; Early Japanese Porcelain: Arita Porcelain in the Dresden Collection, (F. Reichel, Londen 1981), cat. 55. Oosters Porselein. Een keuze uit de verzameling van het Museum Boymans-van Beuningen / Oriental porcelain. A choice from the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum Collection, (C.J.A. Jörg, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1995), pp.121-122, figure 55. Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (C.J.A. Jörg, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam 2003), p.119, cat. 129 & pp.267-268, cat 340. Condition: Some wear to the decoration, a firing flaw to the base, a popped bubble of glaze and a very tiny shallow glaze rough spot to the rim.   References: Reichel 1981, cat. 55 Jörg 1995, figure 55 Jörg 2003/1, cat. 129 & 340   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Fri, 01 May 2026 12:21:31 GMT +0200 https://mail.patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45392 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Garnitures or Parts of a Garniture - Page 1   Object 2012505   Beaker vase   Japan   1680-1700   Height 291 mm (11.46 inch), diameter of mouthrim 180 mm (7.09 inch), diameter of footring 97 mm (3.81 inch), weight 1,603 grams (56.54 ounce (oz.))   A large cylindrical trumpet-shaped beaker vase on footring with a flaring mouth and sides spreading towards the inset takefushi-shaped foot. Decorated in underglaze blue with two groups of flowering plants one with flowering peony the other with flowering prunus both groups are devided by grasses. Round the foot two concentric bands.   The beaker form comes from Chinese Transitional ware but the angle cut-in of the sides above the foot became an Arita hallmark. (Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990, p.103, cat. 48)   For identically shaped beaker vases, decorated in underglaze blue, please see: Porcelain for Palaces. The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, (J. Ayers, O. Impey & J.V.G. Mallet, Oriental Ceramic Society & The British Museum, London 1990), p.103, cat. 48. Ko-Imari from the collection of Oliver Impey, (Barry Davies Oriental Art, London, 1997), pp.46-47, cat. 20. This large beaker vase was once part of a garniture which mostly consisted of three covered oviform-shaped jars and two cylindrical beaker vases with spreading mouths, all with the same decoration, They were very popular in The Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe, where they were used as decorative items in the interior. (Jörg 2003/1, p.259)   The shape of the bulging foot, which spreads and then turns sharply inward, is seen on many ewers of this period as well as on later jars, vases and other pieces. It is a distinctively Japanese feature, called takefushi, 'bamboo-noded' foot. (Jörg 2003/1, p.74)   For an Imari decorated large beaker vase, please see: Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - Page 2 - Object 2010732. Condition: Two hairlines to the rim.   References: Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990, cat. 48 London 1997, cat. 20 Jörg 2003/1, p.74 & p.259   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Fri, 01 May 2026 11:51:58 GMT +0200