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Kenjyo Imari Leaping Carp or 'Araiso' Bowl.

Edo Period: Circa 1690 – 1710.

Porcelain, polychrome enamel.

Arita Kilns, Japan.

D: 25cm H: 7.5cm.

Provenance:
• Private Japanese Collection.

With rounded walls with an everted lip and a deep well supported on a short and thick footrim. The bowl is decorated using the typical colours of Imari ware; Overglaze iron red, green, aubergine and yellow and gilding, as well as underglaze blue.

The design is of a carp leaping out of the stylized ocean below wavy clouds, surrounded by eight ‘Aoi-mon’ panels in alternating patterns. The base with a double circle and a single spur mark.

A similar Kenjo-imari bowl is illustrated by Cassidy-Geiger, 2008, no. 375, p. 713.

Dimensions

D: 25cm, H: 7.5cm

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Stock number

5841
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