Kakiemon
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Kakiemon is a style of Japanese porcelain, with overglaze decoration called "enameled" ceramics. It was originally produced at the factories around Arita, in Japan's Hizen province from the Edo period's mid-17th century onwards. The quality of its decoration was highly prized in the West and widely imitated by major European porcelain manufacturers during the Rococo period.
Kakiemon square bottle with plums and stylized flowers in glaze and gilding. Edo period, 1670–1690
17th-century dish
Kakiemon Hizen ware pair of model elephants. 1660–1690
Japanese export porcelain
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Japanese export porcelain includes a wide range of porcelain that was made and decorated in Japan primarily for export to Europe and later to North America, with significant quantities going to south and southeastern Asian markets. Production for export to the West falls almost entirely into two periods, firstly between the 1650s and 1740s, and then the period from the 1850s onwards.
Kakiemon teapot, 1670–1690
Plate with Japanese court woman and birds, Imari ware, 1710–1730
Large Export Dish, c. 1660–1670, Arita ware, hard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, the decoration drawing on Kraak ware Chinese export porcelain, though this is normally in blue and white
Ko-Kutani style, 1650s or 1660s