OKAWACHI, NABESHIMA WARE, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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A Small Footed Porcelain Dish
Okawachi, Nabeshima Ware, Edo Period (18th Century)
Decorated with falling cherry blossoms, three 'wicker' baskets and overlapping waves, the baskets rendered in two shades of underglaze-cobalt, the waves also in underglaze-blue and the blossoms painted in overglaze red enamel, the underside of the dish designed with three large formal flower sprays and with a 'comb-tooth' band around the raised foot, all in underglaze-blue
5¾in. (14.6cm.) diameter
Lot Essay
Another dish of this pattern was sold in these Rooms, 23 March, 2000, lot 118.