Lot Essay
For a dish with the identical pattern see Sakari Mineo, ed., Nabeshima ten (Imari: Imari City Board of Education, 1996), pl. 51 (coll. Kyushu Toji Bunkakan)
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A NABESHIMA BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN DISH
edo period (circa 1700)
The shallow circular dish set on a high ring foot decorated in graduated tones of underglaze blue with flowering autumn grasses growing from the ground rendered in pale blue wash, the underside of the dish also painted in underglaze-blue with three large, tasseled coin (shippo) sprays and the tall foot painted with an evenly-spaced kushide (comb-tooth) border between narrow lines--8in. (20.3cm.) diameter
edo period (circa 1700)
The shallow circular dish set on a high ring foot decorated in graduated tones of underglaze blue with flowering autumn grasses growing from the ground rendered in pale blue wash, the underside of the dish also painted in underglaze-blue with three large, tasseled coin (shippo) sprays and the tall foot painted with an evenly-spaced kushide (comb-tooth) border between narrow lines--8in. (20.3cm.) diameter