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Japanese Late Edo Arita Blue & White Porcelain Dragon Chasing Flaming Pearl Bowl
$ 55.44
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Japanese Arita late Edo period blue and white porcelain bowl decorated in the interior with a dragon emerging from clouds to chase the flaming pearl of wisdom. Five Genji mon are spaced around the exterior.6 1/4" diameter x 2 1/2" high. The "bull's eye" style base generally dates the bowl to the Bakumatsu period (circa 1840-1870).
There are several typical production flaws and there is a fine long hairline crack in the center. From the collection of a former expatriate to Asia in the 1980s.