Ref: V851
£ 1,500
Price is subject to availability and market conditions.
A pair of Japanese Imari dishes, 18th century, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, overglaze enamels and gilt to the central roundels with a stylised landscape scene comprising clouds, a grassy river bank, swirling waters and overhanging boughs of cherry blossom, the rims with four alternating shaped cartouches containing either a ho-ho bird in flight or a single blossom against scrolling foliage; all against a dense karakusa ground in underglaze blue, the reverse with three sprays of foliage and central pseudo-Chenghua mark within concentric circles.