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A PAIR OF IMARI PlAqueS A kuTANI SAke SeT IN cASe
Meiji era Early 20th century
Each painted and enamelled to centre with All enamelled with gold scrolling lotus
a crane amidst the Three Friends of Winter blossoms on red ground; two pear-shaped
(pine, prunus, bamboo) within radiating bottles with stoppers, 12.4cm high, a square
panels of pine and peony trees in gardens. rimmed bowl, 7.6cm high, and four cups and
37.3cm diameter (2). saucers, saucers 7cm diameter, in a fitted
wood box with sliding cover.
£200 - 300 box 29cm x 16cm x 13cm (15).

75 £250 - 350
THRee SquARe IMARI PlAqueS
Meiji era 79
A pair decorated to centre with phoenix and A SATSuMA VASe
flowers within floral brocade designs to raised Meiji era, 19th century
and barbed rim, 24.6cm wide, together with Of square-section and decorated to all four
a larger example enamelled with a floral sides with figural scenes including Kannon
arrangement surrounded by mask and flower surrounded by Rakkan and another of a
decorated lappets spacing dragon, phoenix figure flying on the back of a ho-o, (phoenix),
and landscape panels at barbed rim. signed but indistinct.
32.2cm wide (3). 39cm high
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THRee SeTS OF eNAMelled dISHeS THRee Blue-ANd-wHITe ARITA
Meiji era dISHeS
The first a set of three graduated octagonal Each painted in underglaze blue, the first a
Imari deep dishes each painted with stylised foliate-rimmed dish decorated with central
floral roundel within enamelled band of sprays of ‘The Three Friends of Winter’
buckets and vegetables, diaper patterns (shochikubai: pine, bamboo and prunus)
and scrolling flowering vines to rim, largest surrounded by a double underglaze blue
23.7cm diameter,; the second a set of circle bordered by more prunus and bamboo
four Au Kutani gently lobed dishes each growing from rocks, signed on the base with
enamelled all over with a butterfly over a square fuku mark, 20.5cm diameter.; the
paulownia flowers on yellow patterned second dish decorated with a sailing boats
ground, brocade mark, 18.5cm diameter,; on a lake and mountains in the distance,
and a set of five straight-sided octagonal plain back, 19.5cm (7 5/8in) diam.; the
dishes raised on tripod feet, each dish third decorated with a central wreath of
decorated with a pair of ho-o birds (phoenix) Shochikubai bordered by a wide band of
with abstract foliate designs to corners. karakusa (‘Chinese grasses’), signed on the
14.3cm diameter (12). base with an apocryphal Chinese reign mark
Da Ming Chenghua nian ji.
£300 - 400 24.5cm diameter (3).

77 £500 - 600
VARIOuS IMARI dISHeS
Meiji era
Comprising; a lobed deep bowl decorated
with a floral arrangement within panelled
bands, 21.4cm diameter; two rectangular
dishes with duck designs, 20.6cm long; a
pair of circular dishes with potted peony
surrounded by scrolling lotus and birds
in bamboo, four-character mark, 21.2cm
diameter; a set of six lobed deep dishes
with central figural roundel, Chenghua six- 79
character mark, 15cm diameter; a set of
six small saucer dishes, 12.3cm diameter;
a small hexagonal bowl; and a small lobed
dish.
15cm diameter (19).
£300 - 400

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