Lot Essay
Two dishes of identical design were sold in these Rooms, 23 March, 2004, lot 186.
OKAWACHI, NABESHIMA WARE, EDO PERIOD (EARLY 18TH CENTURY)
Details
Two Small Porcelain Dishes
Okawachi, Nabeshima Ware, Edo period (early 18th century)
Each set on a high circular foot and decorated on the interior with camellias and waves in underglaze cobalt-blue, some of the flowers painted in overglaze iron-red, the background and the center of the flowers applied with a celadon glaze, the underside undecorated and the foot painted with a 'comb-tooth' pattern in underglaze blue
5 7/8in. (15cm.) diameter; 1¾in. (4.4cm.) high (2)
Okawachi, Nabeshima Ware, Edo period (early 18th century)
Each set on a high circular foot and decorated on the interior with camellias and waves in underglaze cobalt-blue, some of the flowers painted in overglaze iron-red, the background and the center of the flowers applied with a celadon glaze, the underside undecorated and the foot painted with a 'comb-tooth' pattern in underglaze blue
5 7/8in. (15cm.) diameter; 1¾in. (4.4cm.) high (2)
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