A PAIR OF JAPANESE NABESHIMA DISHES SIGNED IMAEMON

A PAIR OF JAPANESE NABESHIMA DISHES SIGNED IMAEMON

SHOWA PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY

Both decorated in polychrome enamels and painted to the well with a large ho-o in flight, the majestic bird depicted with long trailing feathers above flowering peonies issuing from rockwork, both signed Imaemon underneath, probably for Imaizumi Imaemon XII (1897-1975), both 21.6cm. (2)