Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026
Lot 574
A LARGE JAPANESE IRO-NABESHIMA DISH BY THE IMAEMON WORKSHOP
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £279
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Description
A LARGE JAPANESE IRO-NABESHIMA DISH BY THE IMAEMON WORKSHOP
HEISEI ERA, 20TH/21ST CENTURY
The flower-shaped body decorated with flowering branches of camellia before banded hedges, all rendered in underglaze blue and red, yellow and cyan enamels; the reverse with three beribboned jewels and the base marked Imaemon in underglaze blue; with a tomobako (wood box) inscribed Nishiki iwa-botan gensai-ban (polychrome dish with floral festoons), and signed and sealed Imaemon, 25.8cm. (2)
Provenance: from the Mark Treece (d.2021) Collection of iro-Nabeshima porcelain.
WITHOUT RESERVE