A NABESHIMA BLUE AND WHITE DISH

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A NABESHIMA BLUE AND WHITE DISH
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1800)

The small saucer resting on a high ring foot painted in the well in underglaze blue with fruiting gourds with large, serrated leaves, ribbed gourds, small flowers and long, lacy tendrils and vines, the underside painted with three large clusters of beribboned 'cash' and the foot encircled by a 'comb' band--5 7/8 in. (15.1 cm.) diameter