
An Arita Fish Shaped Dish
The shallow dish moulded in the form of a carp
Brushed and washed with cobalt blue in order to emphasise the raised scales and ribs in the fins
The base with a four character Ming mark
Arita, Hizen C1690/1730
Length; 10 1/2″ (26.5 cm)
Condition; excellent
Dishes of this type are in the Takatori Collection, Kyushu Ceramic Museum as 1670-1700
The Catalogue of the Shibata Collection Page 325 Plate 2542 also in The Kyushu Ceramic Museum