Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Japanese blue and white square dish, Edo Period (1603-1867), with indented corners and slightly lobed, the centre decorated with flowers, the border with two dragons on facing sides among clouds with sinuous lotus-sprays between, with Fuku 'happiness' mark to base, circular footrim, diameter: 6in., 15cm; . Provenance: Property of the C Philip Cardeiro Living Trust.
Condition:
shallow chip to the rim, minor firing imperfection
Notes:
Philip Cardeiro was born in 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts; Most of his collecting took place in the late 1960s and 70s.
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