A porcelain dish
A porcelain dish

NABESHIMA WARE, OKAWACHI OFFICIAL KILNS, HIZEN (IMARI CITY), EDO PERIOD (1670-1700)

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A porcelain dish
Nabeshima Ware, Okawachi official kilns, Hizen (Imari City), Edo period (1670-1700)
The circular dish on raised foot, decorated in underglaze-blue and polychrome enamels with Bishamon kikko pattern and paulownia, underside with three tasseled coin clusters and a comb-tooth band around the foot
5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

There are examples with the same design in the British Museum; the Suntory Museum, Tokyo; and the Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Arita. For the last, see Yasukochi Yukie, eds., Hokori takaki dezain Nabeshima / Nabeshima Ware Designs that inspire pride (Tokyo: Suntory Museum of Art, 2010), pl. 30.

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