Live Auction 9555Asobi: Ingenious Creativity Japanese Works of Art from Antiquity to Contemporary And Ceramics from the Collection of Bernard Leach
A Nabeshima Dish
Lot 52

A Nabeshima Dish

EDO PERIOD (EARLY 18TH CENTURY)

Closed15 October 2013

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GBP 74,500

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A Nabeshima Dish
Edo period (early 18th century)
Decorated in underglaze blue and red, green and yellow enamels with peonies amongst seigaiha [blue sea wave] motif, the reverse with shippo-musubi [tied shippo] motifs, the ring foot with comb design
19.8cm. diam.

Specialist note

For a similar examples see Imaizumi Motosuke, Toji Taikei vol. 21 Nabeshima (Tokyo, 1974) on the front cover and colour pl. 24, p. 16; Nihon no Toji vol. 10 Nabeshima (Tokyo, 1988), pl. 20, pp.38 - 39
A further example is in the collection of the Kurita Museum, www.kurita.or.jp/nabeshima/catalog, image number 150.