Bidspirit auction | Japanese Export Imari Porcelain Dutch

Japanese Export Imari Porcelain Dutch Market Bowl - Japanese export Imari porcelain bowl for the Dutch market, ca. 1820. The interior decorated with a central gilt medallion depicting a phoenix amidst vining foliate forms executed in blue and green glaze. Encircled by alternating depictions of ships flying iron-red, green, and black Dutch flags beside scalloped cartouches of a pair of Dutch figures on iron-red ground. These motifs are repeated along the exterior amidst peony sprays. The narrow rim elegantly decorated with an iron-red scrolling band. Illustrated in Howard & Ayers, ”China for the West, ” Volume I, pg. 135. fig. 114. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, ”Important Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection, ” 30 January 1985, Lot 65; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Exhibition: Virginia Museum, 1981-2. Pieces of this style were predominantly produced in the early 18th century, revived in the 1760s, and later again ca. 1800-1830. Height: 3 1/2 in x diameter: 9 3/4 in. Condition: There are no large chips, cracks, losses, or restorations. Light wear to the footrim.