Lot Essay
A similar example sold in these Rooms on 6 March 1989, lot 417
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EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY)
Details
An Imari dish
Edo Period (Late 17th/early 18th Century)
Decorated in iron-red enamel and gilt on underglaze blue, the centre with a lady and her attendant strolling on a bridge, a mountainous riverscape beyond, the latter holding a parasol to protect them from sudden rain, within a floral cell pattern border, the reverse with sprays of plum and pomegranate branches
12in. (31.8cm.) diam.
Edo Period (Late 17th/early 18th Century)
Decorated in iron-red enamel and gilt on underglaze blue, the centre with a lady and her attendant strolling on a bridge, a mountainous riverscape beyond, the latter holding a parasol to protect them from sudden rain, within a floral cell pattern border, the reverse with sprays of plum and pomegranate branches
12in. (31.8cm.) diam.
Literature
A similar example is illustrated in Saga Kenritsu Kyushu Toji Bunkakan [Saga Prefectural Kyushu Ceramic Museum], Shibata korekushon ten: Shoki Imari kara Kakiemon e [The Shibata collection: from early Imari to Kakiemon] (Arita, 1990) p. 27, pl.166