The Edo period or Tokugawa period is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate.
The Tokugawa shogunate was officially established in Edo on 24 March 1603 by the shogun Tokogawa leyasu. The Tokugawa shogunate was overthrown by the Meij Restoration on 3 May 1868, the fall of Edo and the restoration of Tenno's rule at the reign of fifteenth and last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
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Object 2010140
Saucer, Kakiemon.
Provenance: Japan
Dating: Edo early period (1615-1703),
4th quarter 17th century
Saucer on a footring with a foliated rim and a glazed base. Kakiemon decorated in overglaze iron-red, green, blue, aubergine, yellow and black enamels.
Decorated with a bird perched on a branch of plum blossom issuing from rockwork.
Dimensions:
Height: 20 mm (0.79 inch)
Diameter: 110 cm (4.33 inch)
Diameter of footring: 61 mm (2.40 inch)
Condition: Two chips to the footring and some enamels are slightly rubbed.
O. Impey, Japanese export Porcelain, Catalogue of the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Amsterdam, 2002, p. 165 object 251
Price on request.
Object 2010231
Dish
Provenance: Japan, Arita presumably Sarugawa
Dating: Edo early, Manji-Tenwa period (1658-1683)
Dish on footring with an everted rim and a glazed base. Decorated in underglaze blue Chinese "Kraak" style.
On the base one spur-mark. In the centre a decoration of two branches with fruit, one with pomegranates and one with finger-lemon fruit also called "Buddha's-hand citron". The interior wall is divided into panels of stylised peonies and precious objects alternating with narrower panels of florets. The reverse is undecorated.
These dishes were made in different sizes.
Dimensions:
Height: 38 mm (1.50 inch)
Diameter: 215 mm (8.47 inch)
Diameter of footring: 116 mm (4.57 inch)
Condition: One 6 mm (0.24 inch) chip to the outer rim, otherwise perfect.
References:
C.J.A. Jörg, Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Amsterdam 2003, p.28, object 8.
S. Hartog, Pronken met Oosters porselein, Zwolle 1990, p.128, object 153.
Price: € 249 - $ 343 - £ 217
(the $ and £ prices are approximates and depend on the € price exchange rate)
Object 2010616
Dish
Provenance: Japan, Arita presumably Sarugawa
Dating: Edo early, Manji-Tenwa period (1658-1683)
Dish on footring with an everted rim and a glazed base. Three spur-marks on the base. Decorated in underglaze blue.
In the centre a decoration of an insect perched on a rock in a marsh landscape with water, rocks and flowering plants encircled by an eight pointed scalloped medallion. The carvetto is decorated with eight large panels containing peach and auspicious symbols and eight small panels filled with a scale or zig-zag lines pattern and dots. On the exterior wall two spays of flowering branches.
On the base a paper label with the text: Blue & White (Sometsuke) ca. 1675. Arita (Japan).
Dimensions:
Height: 38 mm (1.50 inch)
Diameter: 200 mm (7.87 inch)
Diameter of footring: 105 mm (4.13 inch)
Condition: A firing flaw to the footring.
Price: € 349 - $ 468 - £ 298
(the $ and £ prices are approximates and depend on the € price exchange rate)
Object 2010437
Dish
Provenance: Japan, Arita presumably Sarugawa
Dating: Edo early, Manji-Tenwa period (1658-1683)
Dish on footring with an everted rim and a glazed base. Decorated in underglaze blue Chinese "Kraak" style.
In the centre a decoration of two branches with fruit, one with pomegranates and one with finger-lemon fruit also called "Buddha's-hand citron". The interior wall is divided into panels of stylised peonies and precious objects alternating with narrower panels of florets. The reverse is undecorated.
These dishes were made in different sizes.
Dimensions:
Height: 35 mm (1.38 inch)
Diameter: 240 mm (9.45 inch)
Diameter of footring: 123 mm (4.84 inch)
Condition: A 2 mm (0.08 inch) fleabite to the rim.
References:
C.J.A. Jörg, Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Amsterdam 2003, p.28, object 8.
S. Hartog, Pronken met Oosters porselein, Zwolle 1990, p.128, object 153.
Price: € 299 - $ 412 - £ 259
(the $ and £ prices are approximates and depend on the € price exchange rate)
Object 2010522
Dish
Provenance: Japan, Arita presumably Sarugawa
Dating: Edo early, Manji-Tenwa period (1658-1683)
Dish on footring with an everted rim and a glazed base. Four spur-marks in a Y-pattern on the base. Decorated in underglaze blue.
In the centre a decoration a river scene with of a figure fishing and two cows standing on a bridge, a design influenced by the decor of Chinese T'ien -ch'i porcelain, which was exported to Japan. The scroll-band around the centre is characteristic of Chinese transitional ware. The reverse is divided into panels and sketchily painted. The border design shows wide and narrow panels filled with Artemisia leaves and flowering stems.
According to Peter Pantzer in his book "Imari-Porzellan am Hofe der Kaiserin Maria Theresia" the figure on the dish is most likely to be Tai Gongwang (Jiang Ziya), a politician at the begin of the Zhou-period (11th cent. - 221 BCE). He was spotted when fishing in the river Weisui by the ruler Wen Wang, Tai Gongwang later became his teacher. He served Wen Wang and his son Wu Wang. According to this legend a decoration of a man fishing is most likely to be Tai Gongwang. On this dish the Japanese artist used a theme that Chinese export wares in the early 17th century used.
According to Jörg in his book "Fine & Curious" Japanese export porcelain in Dutch Collections, this is the best known type of Japanese porcelain imitating a specific Chinese group of dishes with a "kraak" body and a panelled border, but a Transitional decoration dating to 1635-1645.
Japanese dishes of this design are not rare and were made in different sizes. A large example measuring 52 cm (20.47 inch), is in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul.
Dimensions:
Height: 30 mm (1.18 inch)
Diameter: 220 mm (8.66 inch)
Diameter of footring: 119 mm (4.69 inch)
Condition: Perfect.
References:
C.J.A. Jörg, Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Amsterdam 2003, pp.28-29, object 9.
P.L.W. Arts, Japanese porcelain, Lochem 1983, p. 41, Plate 12.
P. Potzer, Imari-Porzellan am Hofe der Kaiserin Maria Theresia, Düsseldorf 2000, p.45, object 6.
Price: € 499 - $ 694 - £ 434
(the $ and £ prices are approximates and depend on the € price exchange rate)
Object 2010369
Klapmuts (Bowl)
Provenance: Japan
Dating: Edo early period (1615-1703),
2nd half 17th century
Klapmuts (Bowl) with flattened rim, a foliated edge and a glazed base. Decorated in underglaze blue.
In the centre a decoration of a stag standing amongst pine and rockwork, the interior wall is decorated with four medallions filled with flowers and peaches, separated by narrow panels filled with tassels. The interior rim is decorated with four medallions filled with Taotie monster masks and separated by narrow panels with tassels. On the exterior wall four oval shaped medallions with four stylized flaming pearls, separated by narrow panels filled with lingzhi. On the base a single spur-mark
in a large circle. The footring has been pierced.
Dimensions:
Height: 52 mm (2.05 inch)
Diameter: 146 mm (5.75 inch)
Diameter of footring: 73 mm (2.87 inch)
Condition: Perfect.
References:
C.L. van der Pijl - Ketel, The ceramic load of the "Witte Leeuw" (1613), Amsterdam 1982, p.111,
inv. no: 6450.
Japans blauw en wit porselein. Op Hollandse bestelling en in de Japanse smaak. Exibition catalogue Gemeentelijk Museum Het Princessehof, Leeuwarden 1981, p.26, 7a & 7B.
Price: € 299 - $ 412 - £ 259
(the $ and £ prices are approximates and depend on the € price exchange rate)
Object 2010615
Ewer
Provenance: Japan
Dating: Edo early period (1615-1703), 4th quarter 17th century
Oviform ewer on footring, wide neck with pinched spout. Curved pierced handle placed at an angle to the spout. Imari decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gold.
On its waist a decoration of a (faded) letter "A" (this "A" stands for the Dutch word "azijn" or vinegar) with flowering chrysanthemum and peony plants. On the handle and spout a floret between scrolls. The hole in the top of the handle was meant to affix a metal or silver cover.
Dimensions:
Height: 105 mm (4.13 inch)
Diameter of belly: 80 mm (3.15 inch)
Diameter of mouthrim: 32 mm (1.26 inch)
Diameter of footring: 50 mm (1.97 inch)
Condition: Four spots on the belly were the glaze did not catch on to the body during the firing process.
Price: € 399 - $ 555 - £ 347
(the $ and £ prices are approximates and depend on the € price exchange rate)
Object 2010470
Ewer
Provenance: Japan
Dating: Edo early period (1615-1703), 4th quarter 17th century
Oviform ewer on footring, wide neck with pinched spout. Curved pierced handle placed at an angle to the spout. Imari decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gold.
On its waist a decoration of flowering chrysanthemum and peony plants, On the handle a floret between scrolls. The hole in the top of the handle was meant to affix a metal or silver cover.
Dimensions:
Height: 105 mm (4.13 inch)
Diameter of belly: 87 mm (3.42 inch)
Diameter of footring: 52 mm (2.05 inch)
Condition: Perfect.
Price: € 399 - $ 555 - £ 347
(the $ and £ prices are approximates and depend on the € price exchange rate)
Object 2010264
Baluster vase
Provenance: Japan
Dating: Edo early period (1615-1703), 4th quarter 17th century
An early six sided baluster vase on a footring with a glazed base. Decorated in overglaze iron-red and gold, mounted with a Dutch silver neck and lid.
Decorated with a chrysanthemum and peony spays, around the neck three half chrysanthemums with leaves scrolls.
The silver lid has two marks, the neck is unmarked.
The silver marks explained:
The Marker’s mark: VK with the half moon, stands for J.M. van Kempen & Son.
The Sword mark was used (1814-1905) as the standard mark on articles too small for full hallmarking.
Dimensions:
Height (including the lid): 122 mm (4.80 inch)
Diameter: 42 mm (1.65 inch)
Diameter of mouth: 9 mm (0.35 inch)
Diameter of footring: 35 mm (1.38 inch)
Condition: There are some sand sprays over the glaze of the foot this is probably caused during the firing process, the original neck has been shortened.
Price: € 199 - $ 274 - £ 174
(the $ and £ prices are approximates and depend on the € price exchange rate)
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