Lot 383

A pair of Japanese heart-shaped dishes in the style of Frederic van Frytom, decorated in underglaze blue depicting a Dutch river scene showing a sailing boat, moored boats and figures on a quay, the reverse with a six-character Chenghua mark. The shape and design was taken from a Dutch Delftware dish marked MB and dated 1684. Identical dishes can be found in Burghley House, Stamford England and were published in 'The Burghley Porcelains: An Exhibition from the Burghley House Collection and Based on the 1688 Inventory and 1690 Devonshire Schedule', Japan Society, New York, 1986, page 172-173, no. 63 (the Burghley House collection) and in the Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands which is published in C.J.A. Jörg, 'Fine and Curious - Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections', Hotei Publishing , Leiden, 2003, page 245, no. 315, Japan, Arita, ca. 1700 -11,5 x 12,5 cm-