Lot Essay
For similar examples, see Yoshiko Kakudo, ed., The Art of Japan, Masterworks in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1991), pl. 113. (The Avery Brundage Collection) ; Takasu Toyoji, Kakiemon, Nabeshima (Kakiemon and Nabeshima wares), vol. 23 of Toki zenshu (Collection of ceramics) (Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1961), pl. 54 ; Mayuyama Junkichi, ed., Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. I (Tokyo: Benrido Co., Ltd., 1976), pl. 138.