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A Nabeshima shaku-zara (large dish)
Late 17th/early 18th century

Fine Japanese Art
11 November 2010, 14:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Nabeshima shaku-zara (large dish)

Late 17th/early 18th century
Of circular form and raised on a tall slightly-tapering foot, painted in underglaze-blue with plum blossoms growing amidst pine, the exterior decorated with a continuous peony scroll with blooms in variegated paler tones, the high foot with a band of shippo-tsunagi. 30.2cm (11 7/8in) diam., 8.5cm (3¼in) high, the foot 16cm (6¼in) diam.

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鍋島　染付松梅文皿　17世紀後期/18世紀前期

Another Nabeshima shaku-zara decorated with a similar design of plum and pine, is in the Hayabashibara Museum, Okayama, Japan; see Nihon no Toji, Japanese Ceramics, vol.10, Nabeshima, (ed.) Hayashi Seizo, no.133.

Nabeshima wares were made only for domestic consumption, and for presentation purposes rather than for actual use and are thought to date from the earliest period of manufacture at the Okawachi kilns, patronized exclusively by the Nabeshima Daimyo family, their friends and retainers, although it was also produced for presentation gifts to the Tokugawa. They were not sold on the open market in the Edo period but were made in a limited number, with specific patterns, and in standardized shapes. The dishes were produced in three basic sizes, the two smaller ones in sets of twenty or thirty, with a single large serving dish (of which fewer survive) to match. These were decorated in three ways: underglaze-blue and white (as presented here); underglaze-blue and white with celadon glaze; and full coloured enamels.

The pairing of pine and plum are popular and auspicious symbols representing longevity.

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