A gold lacquer and shibayama-style dish
Meiji period
inlaid with an oni seated in an up-turned bell before a bijin carrying a wisteria branch, within a band of radiating lobed panels reserved with diaper and geometric patterns, signature to underside -- 14½in. (37cm.) diam, (minor losses to inlay).
See Illustration.
A gold lacquer and shibayama-style dish
Meiji period
inlaid with an oni seated in an up-turned bell before a bijin carrying a wisteria branch, within a band of radiating lobed panels reserved with diaper and geometric patterns, signature to underside -- 14½in. (37cm.) diam, (minor losses to inlay).
See Illustration.