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A NABESHIMA DISH
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17 TH CENTURY
decorated in underglaze blue and celadon
with scattered cherry blossoms on stylised
waves beside a shore
18 cm., 7⅛ in. diam.
For similar dishes see: Imaizumi Motosuke,
Nihon no yakimono [Japanese Ceramics], vol.
21, (Tokyo, 1975), pl. 48; Nihon Toji Zenshu
[Complete Collection of Japanese Ceramics],
vol. 25, Nabeshima, (Tokyo, 1976), pl. 29;
Ironabeshima to Matsugaya, (Tokyo, 1969), p.
115, pl. 94; The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, ed.,
Shogun-ke eno kenjo Nabeshima [Nabeshima
Porcelain for the Shogunate], Kyushu
Ceramic Museum exhibition catalogue (Saga,
2006), pl. 104. The Kyushu Ceramic Museum,
ed., Shogun-ke kenjo no Nabeshima, Hirado,
Karatsu [Ceramics for the Shogunate],
Kyushu Ceramic Museum exhibition catalogue
(Saga, 2012), pl. 71.
‡ £ 20,000-30,000
€ 22,500-33,700 US$ 24,900-37,300

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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A NABESHIMA DISH
EDO PERIOD, 18 TH CENTURY

the circular dish with wide rim decorated in
iron-red and green enamels on underglaze
blue with open and closed fans on waves,
the open fans depicting plum blossoms and
grasses
19.5 cm., 7¾ in. dim.
EXHIBITED
Nabeshima-ten: wagakuni yuiitsu no kanyo
Nabeshima sono shutsugen kara shuten made
[Nabeshima: from the beginning to closure
of the country’s only official kiln Nabeshima],
(Imari, 1996).
‡ £ 10,000-15,000
€ 11,300-16,900 US$ 12,500-18,700

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