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A Japanese inscribed Ai Kakiemon blue and white and moulded…
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Melbourne
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19-Oct-2021
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A Japanese inscribed Ai Kakiemon blue and white and moulded dish, Edo period (1603-1868), 1750-1790, with a floriate form rim, and moulded decoration to the interior depicting two figures in a garden pavilion, and inscribed in Kanji with the first line from the poem 'A spring Morning' by Meng Haoran (689-740), translating to 'Sleeping on a spring morning, I've missed the dawn'. Kakiemon 'Uzu fuku' mark to the base. Together with a copy of the exhibition catalogue, 10 cm diameter. Provenance: The Genine Wallinga collection, Genine Wallinga is the current president of the ceramics & glass circle of Australia, and has been collecting European 18th century ceramics and Japanese Ko-Imari ceramics from Arita of the 17th and 18th centuries for the last 20 years. Her connoisseurship has led her to focus on early Edo period Kakiemon porcelain, one of the great technological and artistic achievements in Japanese ceramic history, of which a number are offered in this collection, Exhibitions: 'Kakiemon in Australia', Hamilton Art gallery, 2014, item 18, Literature: Kyushu ceramic Museum, Shibata collection part 8, 2002, plate 227 for a larger version.
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Oriental: Ceramics - Japanese