A LARGE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH

A LARGE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH
EDO PERIOD, 1670-90

The foliate dish decorated in underglaze blue and with a brown rim, painted with two men in Chinese garments seated in a pavilion and two others on a bridge, with prunus, pine and maple trees issuing from rockwork to the side, and scrolling clouds above; the reverse painted with a continuous band of karakusa scrolls and a fuku mark, 29.8cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

See the Royal Collection Trust, access. no. RCIN 58992 for four other dishes with the same decoration in the British Royal Collection. Also, see M Fitski, Kakiemon Porcelain, a Handbook, p.82, no.90 for another example at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.