Preliminary identification
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Overview
An authentic Japanese Ko-Imari porcelain shallow dish featuring a poetic lakeside landscape with fishing boats, pine trees, and fishing nets hung out to dry (hoshinami-zu). The ground is rendered in underglaze blue 'fukizumi' (blown cobalt mist) complemented by delicate overglaze red and green enamels, bearing an apocryphal Chenghua mark on the base.
Story
During Japan's Genroku era (1688–1704), Arita potters blew cobalt through bamboo pipes to create misty lakes on porcelain, evoking classic waka poetry of tranquil shores.
Maker / Origin
Produced in the famed porcelain workshops of Arita in the Hizen domain, where generations of potters mastered both underglaze cobalt (sometsuke) and overglaze enamel painting (iro-e). These kilns catered both to affluent domestic merchant classes during the cultural boom of the Edo period and to international demand.
Condition & Value
Appears in very good antique condition with clear enamels, typical kiln grit, glaze pooling, and visible spur mark to the base center without obvious structural rim damage. Excellent preservation for Genroku-period porcelain supports the higher end of the estimate.
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Comparable demand stays strongest where maker, originality, and venue confidence line up. Broader examples still trade, but the range tightens quickly when provenance, condition, or selling lane fit is missing.
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Specialty auction or a focused dealer with buyers already in this lane.
Signed example with light edge wear and original frame.
Comparable format with stronger provenance and cleaner surface.
Smaller related piece with visible craquelure and trimmed margins.
Period match with softer condition and weaker subject matter.
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