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A CELADON NABESHIMA DISH
EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)
鍋島染付青磁梅文皿
江戸時代(17世紀後期)
The elliptical fower-shaped dish on a high oval foot, decorated in celadon glaze and underglaze blue with plum
blossom, the reverse with peony and karakusa, the foot with overlapping stylised leaves
16.1 cm. wide
£10,000-15,000 $17,000-23,000
€12,000-20,000
Sherds with the same foot-rim pattern were excavated at the Nabeshima kiln site, see:
Nabeshima hanyo kenkyu-kai, Higashinakagawa Tadami, Ohashi Koji et. al., Nabeshima Hanyo, (Saga, 2002),
p.159 and 169, no. 707 and 774.
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