THREE JAPANESE KAKIEMON-STYLE DISHES EDO PERIOD

THREE JAPANESE KAKIEMON-STYLE DISHES

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

All three decorated in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels, one with a foliate rim and painted with two cranes to the well, the base with a four-character Chinese mark reading as Xuan Ming nian zhi ; the other two with flowering sprays of peony and other blooms, one with a Chinese Chengua mark to the reverse, 22.4cm max. (3)

Provenance: from the collection of David Stopher, Kent.