A 17th Century Japanese Kakiemon Porcelain Dish, Kakiemon Kilns c.1670-1690. This 17th Century foliate dish has underglaze blue and overglaze Kakiemon enamel colours. The design at the center of the dish is of flowering chrysanthemum in enamels. The cavetto is painted with a rocky landscape in underglaze cobalt blue with overglaze decoration of flowering and fruiting plants, including pomegranate and finger-citrus. The base has an underglaze blue pseudo-Chenghua six-character mark (Ming dynasty 1465-1487). The outer border is in underglaze blue and is a continuous Karakusa scroll designs. A similar dish but with a blue and white landscape to the center is illustrated in the Oriental Ceramics Societie’s catalogue to the exhibition held in the British Museum ; Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650 – 1750 (Various authors, The Oriental Ceramic Society,1990. ISBN 0-903421-24-0) where it is dated to the early 18th century, recent research in Japan points to an earlier date of c.1670-1690. The dish in the catalogue is from the Ashmolean Museum where Dr. Oliver Impey was curator, the notes to the O.C.S. exhibition state that sherds of dishes similar to this have been found at the Kakiemon kiln site, this information probably come from Dr.Impey who was a regular visitor to Japan. See ‘References’. SOLD
