Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Pair of Japanese Imari lobed dishes, c.1720, each decorated to the central lobed roundel with a bird perched underneath a pine upon rockwork by a river's edge, the wide scalloped rim richly decorated with two panels containing ho-ho birds in flight, against scrolling grounds of gilt with vines, iron-red with cherry blossom, and blue with chrysanthemum, the reverse decorated with three sprays of peony and double circle to the base.
Dimensions:
Diameter: 19cm. (7 1/2in.)
Condition:
Wear to gilding
Notes:
This design was copied at Meissen in the 18th century; both a similar Japanese dish (251-1904) and a Meissen copy (1949A-1855) can be found in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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