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Japanese, for European, probably Dutch, market
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Orders for the European market greatly expanded the repertoire of Japanese porcelain forms. This Dutch-inspired jug is decorated with a Japanese interpretation of the quickly brushed figures, chrysanthemums, and scattered geometric motifs of the Chinese "Transitional" style, a mode of decoration that was the departure point for European chinoiserie.
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