A KAKIEMON OCTAGONAL DISH decorated in iron red, green, blue, yellow, black enamels and gilt, the centre with two quail among millet and chrysantemums, the everted rim with a band of lappetts beneath a chocolate rim (slightly rubbed, small restoration to rim), late 17th century

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A KAKIEMON OCTAGONAL DISH decorated in iron red, green, blue, yellow, black enamels and gilt, the centre with two quail among millet and chrysantemums, the everted rim with a band of lappetts beneath a chocolate rim (slightly rubbed, small restoration to rim), late 17th century
24cm. wide

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Cf. For a discussion on the "Quail" Pattern, see Porcelain for Palaces, Chapt. XV p. 296

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