Live Auction 9555Asobi: Ingenious Creativity Japanese Works of Art from Antiquity to Contemporary And Ceramics from the Collection of Bernard Leach
A Shoki Imari Blue and White Dish
Lot 38 THE PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR

A Shoki Imari Blue and White Dish

EDO PERIOD (EARLY-MID 17TH CENTURY)

Closed15 October 2013

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GBP 1,875

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A Shoki Imari Blue and White Dish
Edo period (early-mid 17th century)
Decorated in underglaze blue with a butterfly hovering over grape vine, the reverse with a single circumerential line
18.5cm. diam.

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A similar example is in the collection of Tokyo National Museum, G-5727, see https://webarchives.tnm.jp/imgsearch