Large dish with paulownia and hexagon design, enamelled ware

Large dish with paulownia and hexagon design, enamelled ware
Large dish with paulownia and hexagon design, enamelled ware
Large dish with paulownia and hexagon design, enamelled ware

Height 4.8 cm, mouth diameter 31.0 cm, base diameter 20.4 cm
 This dish has exactly the same shape as the large dish with floral motifs in overglaze enamels, and is also estimated to have been produced around the Genroku period (1688-1704). However, the design and the red color of the overglaze painting are not of the Kakiemon style, but rather a tortoiseshell design with paulownia trees, and the red color is darker. The design as a whole seems to be similar to the Ko-Imari type that was popular after the Genroku period (1688-1704), but it is probably based on a dyeing and weaving design. The outer design is also covered with a cherry river pattern as on the large dish with a floral motif in overglaze enamels, and the same is true of the double circle of underglaze blue inside the base, where a design of flowers in the shape of a kiln mark is also expressed. There are two or three similar examples remaining, but this one once belonged to Chofumi Aruga, and was designated as an Important Art Object in 1933. There are eight small marks within the elevated platform.

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