Sixty-piece Arita Dinner Service

Description:

Sixty-piece Arita Dinner Service, Japan, 19th/20th century, ten bowls, dia. 4 3/4, ht. 2 5/8; ten bowl covers, dia. 5 1/8; ten small bowl-shape dishes with floral rims, dia. 4 5/8; ten bowl-shape floral dishes resting on a raised foot, dia. 5 7/8, ht. 2; ten small floral plates, dia. 8 3/8; and ten large floral plates dia. 9 3/8 in., all decorated with cranes and honeycomb designs on the interior and four auspicious symbols on the exterior, the wells with a pomegranate spray in a double ring, "fu" prosperity mark in underglaze blue on base.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

in good condition with loss of gilt and tiny chips to some, pockmarks and bumps to some.


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