A PAIR OF JAPANESE KUTANI DISHES

A PAIR OF JAPANESE KUTANI FOLIATE DISHES WITH BIRDS
EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

Both decorated in colourful enamels with a central Hō-ō bird with long tail feathers, the cavetti with dense patterns of foliate karakusa scrolls; both painted with pine needles and a central fuku mark to the reverse; each with a Christie's paper label to the base, 16.7cm. (2)

Provenance: sold at Christie's New York, 22 April 1992, lot 305.