Japanese Works of Art - 1st July 2020
Lot 229
AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE SATSUMA COMMEMORATIVE DISH TAISHO PERIOD
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £250
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Description
AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE SATSUMA COMMEMORATIVE DISH
TAISHO PERIOD, DATED 1922
Decorated to the well with a biplane flying between the Belém Tower in Lisbon and the Brazilian archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, the dates 1500 and 1922 underneath, with the Portuguese and Brazilian flags and national emblems above, the back with an inscription reading "PV de Couto, Director Goeidow's Porcelain & Satsuma Painting Factory, No.2 Sannomiya cho I Chome, Kobe Japan", 25cm.
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