A JAPANESE IMARI DISH

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

Typically decorated in underglaze blue, gilt and red enamels, the well painted with a vessel containing large peonies, chrysanthemum and prunus blossoms, the cavetto and rim with three shaped panels of birds perched amongst flowers, alternating with further stylised flowerheads and scrolling tendrils, 25cm.

Provenance: a Scottish private collection acquired in the early 1900s.