A CONTEMPORARY SHINO STYLE DISH (YOHO-BACHI)

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A CONTEMPORARY SHINO STYLE DISH (YOHO-BACHI)
(20TH CENTURY), SIGNED RO [KITAOJI ROSANJIN (1883-1959)]

The shallow dish of square shape with short, curved walls and resting on a flat base, decorated with an abstract design of grasses in a greyish-white, thick, Shino style glaze burnt rust-red in the firing, signed on the base in katakana, Ro--10½in. (26.5cm.) diameter, in tomobako inscribed Shino yoho-bachi (Shino square bowl) and signed in katakana, Ro