A RARE JAPANESE MATSUGATANI-TYPE DISH

A RARE JAPANESE MATSUGATANI-TYPE DISH

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

The moulded body decorated with a laurel-green and brown glaze, the mottling resembling turtle shell patterns; raised on a short oval foot; with a kintsugi gold lacquer repair to the rim and another to the footrim, 15.7cm.

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

See Ko-Imari: A Catalogue of Hizen Porcelain from the Nezu Museum's Yamamoto Collection, p.145, no.554, for a related dish with the same irregular shape.