   Hizen ware: two dishes Left — Dish of Hizen porcelain, decorated in a bold and artistic manner with large floral sprays upon a groundwork of diaper, and surrounded with a rim of conventional design, executed in light blue and gold upon a deep blue ground. The general treatment of this specimen differs materially from examples of other middle-period Hizen ware; its rich yet cold effect imparting to it a distinguishing charm. The porcelain is fine in quality, and the decoration throughout is carefully executed. Diameter: 18 inches. Right — Saucer Dish, of late period Hizen porcelain, decorated, in the strictly Japanese fashion, with irregularly disposed and overlapping medallions of diaper work and landscapes, and with large and small flowers, detached and irregularly powdered over the field. The whole of the above-mentioned ornamentation is executed in blue and red upon a uniform ground of gold, a thing most unusual in works of Japanese porcelain, especially in those of large size. The border consists of the upright and oblong continuous fret. Diameter: 16 inches. Lithograph, by L. Dulong, published 1875. |
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