A RARE JAPANESE MOULDED DISH

A RARE JAPANESE MOULDED DISH

EDO PERIOD, MID-17TH CENTURY

Painted in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels, the well decorated with a large leaf, its veins crisply moulded; with small prunus blossoms and tendrils on a cash diaper ground to the side; the reverse with scrolling foliage and stylised flowers; raised on a short foot decorated with comb pattern, 16.5cm.

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

Cf. Ko-Imari: A Catalogue of Hizen Porcelain from the Nezu Museum's Yamamoto Collection, p.74, no.281, for a related dish with the same decoration. Also, see the Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection, p.27, no.0201, for another example without the overglaze decoration.