Japanese Porcelain Blue And White Van Frytom Tea Bowls And Saucer Dishes 7x Arita Edo Period

A set of seven ‘Van Frytom’ tea bowls and saucer dishes.
Japan, Arita, Edo period, c. 1690-1710.

The rare set consisting of three tea bowls and four saucer dishes with matching decorations in underglaze blue in the style of Dutch Delft painter Frederik van Frytom.

The bowls with spreading sides and everted rim, decorated in underglaze blue, on the outer body with a Frysian “kop-staart-rompboerderij” (translation: Head-Neck-Body farmhouse) and two figures standing next to each other in a landscape, the inner and outer rim with washed-blue bands. The well on the inside decorated with a figure standing in the grass with trees and a house. A typical stylized four-character Chenghua mark to the base.

The dishes in the form of a flower with foliated rim. Decorated in underglaze blue, similar to the bowls, with a Frysian “kop-staart-rompboerderij” and two figures standing next to each other in a landscape with grass, trees and clouds in the sky. The inner rim with a washed-blue band, the base with spur marks and a six-character Chenghua mark.

Ref:
A.Vecht, Frederik van Frytom 1632-1702, Life and work of a Delft pottery decorator, No. 40-44.

A pair of ‘Van Frytom’ style tea bowls are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection, accession number 2002.447.118 and accession number 2002.447.119. These are also illustrated in Japanese Art from the Gerry Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 116, pl. 95a,b.

For another tea bowl with this design, see: The Burghley Porcelains, An Exhibition from The Burghley House Collection, pp. 158-159, pl. 54.

A similar saucer dish is in the collection of The Burghley House, reference: CER0473

For a tea bowl and saucer dish of the same style but with a river scene, see the Twickel Castle collection, Delden, no. JK 13, illustrated in: Fine and Curious (Christiaan J.A. Jörg) pp. 244-246, pl. 317-317a.

Two similar dishes were also sold at Christie’s, 19 Dec 2014, lot 85.

Dimensions:
Bowls: Diameter 7.4 cm, height 3.4 cm.

Saucer dishes: Diameter 13 cm, height 2.5 cm.

Condition:
Very good condition, without damages.

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