Lot Essay
The second dish is engraved to the reverse with the inventory number 'N:373-+', formerly in the collection of King Augustus the Strong in Dresden.
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EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY)
Details
Two Imari dishes
Edo Period (Late 17th/Early 18th Century)
The first painted with a central flower vase with flowering peony on a terrace, surrounded by six shaped cartouches enclosing a butterfly hovering above a chrysanthemum or stylised lotus, reserved on a densely painted foliate pattern in underglaze blue; and a dish with a central flower pot on a terrace with peony and wisteria, surrounded by shaped panels enclosing flowering cherry blossom issuing from rockwork
28.6 and 22.5 cm. diam. (2)
Edo Period (Late 17th/Early 18th Century)
The first painted with a central flower vase with flowering peony on a terrace, surrounded by six shaped cartouches enclosing a butterfly hovering above a chrysanthemum or stylised lotus, reserved on a densely painted foliate pattern in underglaze blue; and a dish with a central flower pot on a terrace with peony and wisteria, surrounded by shaped panels enclosing flowering cherry blossom issuing from rockwork
28.6 and 22.5 cm. diam. (2)
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.