A Japanese Blue and White Porcelain flat bowl c.1690 – 1740

A Japanese blue and white porcelain bowl, Arita circa 1690-1740.
The steeply sided barded rim bowl is decorated with rocks and plants, the center of the bowl is painted with two well-dressed ladies holding a parasol. The outside is decorated with scrolls.

The barded rim is colored with an iron-oxide enamel, called Fuchibeni and meaning lipstick in Japanese. The base has a running Fuku mark meaning luck, mark frequently used during the Edo period.
4.5 X 14.5
Perfect condition

For a barbed rim dish of this pattern with touches of Kakiemon enamels from The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, See Japanese Porcelain (Soame Jenyns, Faber and Faber, 1965) Plate 73D. For a bowl of this type see sold item 22121 -Robert McPherson Antiques. The John Drew Collection of Oriental Ceramics, Item 216. The Jack Johnson Collection of Chinese and Japanese Ceramics.