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Lot 72

A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN V.O.C. PLATE
17TH CENTURY, CIRCA 1680

a museum quality underglaze dish with VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnic - Dutch East India Company) insignia surrounded by long tail phoenix (HO-O) birds, persimmons and flowers, outer rim with six panelled compartments of various blossoms and flowers, five Spur marks to the base in a uniform pattern
Diameter 36cm
Catalogue note: the collapse of the Ming Dynasty in China in 1644 saw Holland's great source of supply of Wanli blue and white 'kraak' porcelain come to an end and as a result the Dutch turned their attention to Japan. The dishes were not released to the free-market rather they were ordered in a limited number for the exclusive use of the officers serving in VOC administered areas or territories.
Provenance - From a Sri Lankan family collection.

Reference: illustrated in History of Porcelain by Paul Atterbury, Orbis publishing, London, page 64

Estimate $20,000 - $30,000

Sold for $20,000
Asian Art, Classic Furniture & Objects

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8080
12:00pm - 25 October 2015
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
21 October 9am-8pm
22-23 October 10am-4pm
24 October 10am-5pm

CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au


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