A blue and white Delft style tripod footed dish.
Japan, Arita, Edo period, c. 1730.
The dish with sharply cut crests to the rim sloping inside in six lobes to a flat round center, resting on three out-turned legs, the unglazed base showing the biscuit body with a slightly orange-brown tint to the rim, caused by the use of iron oxide in the kiln.
The decoration of this dish is derived from an unidentified European print of the same period. The shape is derived from European baroque silver, probably Dutch.
The baroque fashion of the period is emphasized by the European-style decoration of the border, hand painted in underglaze blue with florals, the center decorated with a tower in a rural landscape. The cobalt blue ranges from light blue to very dark blue, almost of a black tone.
Ref:
For a similar tripod dish, see: Japanese Export Porcelain, Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oliver Impey, 2002), p. 229, pl. 398.
For another similar tripod dish see: Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections (Christiaan J.A. Jorg, 2003), p. 255, pl. 328.
Dimensions:
Diameter 13.2 cm, height 3.8 cm.
Condition:
A small chip to one of the legs, furthermore in perfect condition.
Inv. No: MW95
