Antique Ca 1700 Japanese Porcelain Blue White Dish Figures making music

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Condition Report: / / Overall Condition 1 small chip to rim. 345x50mm

A very nicely decorated Japanese Porcelain dish in Chinese style, Edo Period. Marked at base with a six character chenghua mark.

The central scene is of a busy garden with blossoming cherry trees, two roses on a small mound in the foreground. In the centre a pot with a peony. On the right a woman with a fan, another woman carrying a tray. On the left a woman with a flower spray and a servant kneeling in front of a stove. The rim with two groups of three female musicians and two pairs of women. In between the groups roses alternating with peonies. The reverse with 3 rose sprays.

The same design is also know from Kangxi pieces, see pictures and website below.

We also owned the 19th century Chinese version of this piece, see pictures.

The Kangxi version can be found here;

A Large Kangxi Blue and White Porcelain Dish, None Imperial Kangxi Mark and of the Period 1662 – 1722

Literature reference;

Fine & Curious, Japanese export porcelain in Dutch collections. Jörg, 138-139

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