A COLLECTION OF NINETEEN JAPANESE POLYCHROME DISHES

A COLLECTION OF NINETEEN JAPANESE POLYCHROME DISHES
EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

Variously decorated in the Imari and Kakiemon palettes; one with a celadon cavetto painted with cranes in flight, the well with a mountainous river landscape in underglaze blue, the reverse with a Chenghua mark and a paper label reading 'OCS 2006, The World in Colours, no.90'; another a foliate dish richly painted with panels of birds, chrysanthemum and other formal designs, a paper label reading 'OCS 2006, The World in Colours, no.134'; a third with chrysanthemum and tendrils, another paper label for 'OCS 2006, The World in Colours, no.135', 17cm max. (19)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Exhibited: the three mentioned dishes with the Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006, nos.90, 134 and 135.