Lot Essay
For an example of a Ko-Imari dish with a celadon-glazed well, cf. The Burghley Porcelains, Japan Society, New York, p.203, pl.78.
EDO PERIOD, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A Ko-Imari saucer dish
Edo period, late 18th Century
The large central roundel painted in underglaze blue with several leaves nearly forming a roundel, the well and slightly flaring wavy rim covered under a pale celadon glaze enriched with green, iron-red and black enamels and gilt with birds and grassy plants, the celadon glaze repeated on the reverse
20.6 cm diam.
Edo period, late 18th Century
The large central roundel painted in underglaze blue with several leaves nearly forming a roundel, the well and slightly flaring wavy rim covered under a pale celadon glaze enriched with green, iron-red and black enamels and gilt with birds and grassy plants, the celadon glaze repeated on the reverse
20.6 cm diam.