Lot Essay
Similar examples were sold at Christie's London, 19/20 November 1990, lot 713, and 7 March 1988, lot 67.
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EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)
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A pair of Japanese Imari dishes
Edo Period (Late 17th Century)
Painted in various coloured enamels and gilt on underglaze blue, the central roundel shaped as a flower-head enclosing a vase with exotic flowers amidst four butterflies within smaller roundels, the well and broad rim with shaped panels enclosing flowering peony reserved on a background of scrolling foliage, the reverse with scattered sprays of peony (some rubbing)
31.2cm. diam. (2)
Edo Period (Late 17th Century)
Painted in various coloured enamels and gilt on underglaze blue, the central roundel shaped as a flower-head enclosing a vase with exotic flowers amidst four butterflies within smaller roundels, the well and broad rim with shaped panels enclosing flowering peony reserved on a background of scrolling foliage, the reverse with scattered sprays of peony (some rubbing)
31.2cm. diam. (2)