AN UNUSAL SET OF SEVEN JAPANESE DISHES

AN UNUSAL SET OF SEVEN JAPANESE DISHES

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

All painted with scenes illustrating the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95), two depicting naval combat with ships flying the Kyokujitsu-ki (Japanese Rising Sun Flag), and the others with a variety of land battles, some dishes with horse riders and others with soldiers shooting firearms, each 21.1cm. (7)