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A NABESHIMA DISH A NABESHIMA DISH For a further example in the Hakone Art
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17 TH CENTURY EDO PERIOD, LATE 17 TH CENTURY Museum, see Hayashi Seizo, ed., Nabeshima,
Nihon no toji [Japanese ceramics], vol. 10
the shallow dish on ring foot decorated the shallow dish on ring foot decorated in (Tokyo, 1975), pl. 145; for other dishes of
in iron-red, green and yellow enamels on iron-red, green and yellow enamels over the same design see Seki Kazuo, Nabeshima
underglaze blue with sprays of camellia underglaze blue, with cherry blossoms kozara [Nabeshima small dishes] (Osaka,
and scrolling foliage, the reverse with three scattered on rafts in swirling water, 1995), pl. 16, p.64; Imaizumi Motosuke,
groups of tasseled coins, the foot with comb decorated on the underside in underglaze Nabeshima to matsugatani (Tokyo, 1969), pl.
design blue with three flower sprays, each 9 and Imaizumi Motosuke, Ironabeshima to
15 cm., 6 in. diam.
composed of a large floret centred by Matsugaya, (Tokyo, 1969), p. 32-33, pl. 9.
For a similar example, see Ogi Kazuhiko and scrolling stems and leaves, with a band of
Mizumoto Kazumi, Nabeshima tanjo-ki kara comb design around the foot ‡ £ 50,000-70,000
seiki sakuhin made: Meireki sannen 1657 hisai, 20 cm., 7⅞ in. diam. € 56,500-79,000 US$ 62,500-87,000
edojo ato shutsudo no shoki nabeshima tohen For a similar example in the collection of
(Tokyo, 2011), p. 129, pl. 103.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession
number 23.225.308, go to: https://
‡ £ 15,000-20,000
€ 16,900-22,500 US$ 18,700-24,900 www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/
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