A JAPANESE PEWTER PLATE BY GYOKUSENDO

A JAPANESE PEWTER PLATE BY GYOKUSENDO
MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Decorated with two large turtles amongst waves, the animals gilded on the bluish hammered ground, with a seal mark lower right for Gyokusendo, 29.3cm; together with an inscribed tomobako wood box. (2)

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.