A LARGE JAPANESE 'GOLD IMARI' DISH EDO PERIOD

A LARGE JAPANESE 'GOLD IMARI' DISH

EDO PERIOD, C.1700

Richly decorated in gilt, pink and red enamels, painted to the centre with a flowering spray of peony framed by a band of quails, millet and other birds in flight, the rim with panels enclosing peony, magnolia and camellia, the reverse left undecorated, 54.1cm.

Cf. C J A Jörg, Fine & Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, pp.115-116, no.123, for another example.The author explains that other pieces from the same service are in the Groninger Museum, Groningen. Similar pieces can also be seen at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, and the Topkapi Saray Museum in Istanbul.