Lot 52. An Arita dish, Edo period, late 17th century, Fuku mark; 30.5 cm, 12 in. Estimate £2,500 - £3,000. © Sotheby's
with foliate rim, decorated in underglaze blue in the Kakiemon style with a tiger beneath plum and bamboo and a coiled dragon among clouds, six spur marks, chocolate rim.
Note: For similar examples see Christiaan J. A. Jorg, Fine and Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (Amsterdam, 2003), no. 159, and John Ayers, Oliver Impey and J. V. G. Mallett, Porcelain for Palaces: the Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750 (London, 1991), no.126.
Sotheby's. Fine Japanese Art. London, 06 Nov 2018, 10:30 AM