A SET OF EIGHT JAPANESE POLYCHROME ENAMEL DISHES

A SET OF EIGHT JAPANESE POLYCHROME ENAMEL DISHES

EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

All with a gilt rim and decorated with the same design rendered in underglaze blue and thick coloured enamels, each painted to the well with two Chinese Immortals in a mountainous landscape, one holding a double-gourd whilst the other stands behind him, possibly a reference to a Tang Dynasty story involving two of the Eight Immortals, Zhang Guolao and Li Tieguai, the cavetto and rim with a border of clouds and Buddhist beribboned scrolls, all approx. 15.1cm. (8)

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Cf. The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection, no.3674, for another Japanese dish with similar decoration to the well, which the authors dated to c.1780-1810.