An earthenware dish
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Sozan and sealed Tokyo Shiba-ku and Tanaka sei
The shallow circular dish decorated over the crackled transparent glaze in polychrome enamels and gilt with a legendary scene of a samurai on a ledge holding a fan before the apparition of the deity Benzaiten and dragon surrounded by dense foliate and brocade borders; signed on interior Sozan and on base in red in two square seals
14in. (35.5cm.) diameter
An earthenware dish
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Sozan and sealed Tokyo Shiba-ku and Tanaka sei
The shallow circular dish decorated over the crackled transparent glaze in polychrome enamels and gilt with a legendary scene of a samurai on a ledge holding a fan before the apparition of the deity Benzaiten and dragon surrounded by dense foliate and brocade borders; signed on interior Sozan and on base in red in two square seals
14in. (35.5cm.) diameter
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