A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE PIECES

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE PIECES

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: two shoki Imari dishes, each painted with a large daikon to the well, one with a kintsugi gold lacquer repair; two shoki Imari bowls with barbed rims, one with lotus leaves and the other with a floral design; another dish with karakusa scrolls and the last painted with a pine tree with fan-shaped leaves, 17.5cm max. (6)

Provenance: from the collection of Dr Oliver Impey (1936-2005), and Dr Jane (Mellanby) Impey (1938-2021), of Cumnor Place, Oxford.

See Christie's Amsterdam, 20th May 2003, lot 391, for a similar shoki Imari bowl with lotus decoration.