A MASSIVE ARITA CHARGER

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A MASSIVE ARITA CHARGER
MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED ON THE UNDERSIDE DAI NIHON ARITA KAJIWARA KIKUZO SEI AND ON THE UNDERSIDE ...HIZAN NAKAJIMA SEI

The unusually large and deep charger decorated in richly colored enamels with large shaped panels of Immortals and birds and flowers reserved on an orange ground patterned with scrolling foliage, all within a formal foliate border, the underside painted in orange, lavender, green and aqua enamels with phoenixes and trailing wistaria vines, crack- 37 in. (94 cm.) diameter