FIVE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISHES

FIVE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISHES

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

The foliate bodies decorated with fierce-looking dragons emerging from spiralling clouds, each mythological beast grasping a sacred pearl of wisdom, the dishes with brown edges and the undersides painted with further pearls of wisdom, each base with a stylised kin (gold) character, all approx. 20.2cm. (5)

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.