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An Imari basin
Early 18th Century
Painted overall in underglaze-blue, iron-red and gilt with two conversing figures clad in kimono's standing by a wood table on a balustraded terrace, in the background a pagoda emerging from an abundance of plum blossom, all below a blue-washed rim folded outwards, the reverse with sprays of chrysanthemum, peony and prunus
50.5 cm diam.

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