Ashmolean Museum: PotWeb - Japanese Export Porcelain - EA1978.487

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Museum Accession No.: EA1978.487 Catalogue No.: 377 Object type: Dish Kiln/Location: Imari Period/Date: early 18th century Dimensions: H. 3.1 cm, D. 12.6 cm Provenance: Reitlinget gift Description: Decagonal small dish. Deep round well, everted rim, upturned, decagonal lip, narrow foot. Red, yellow, orange, green, aubergine and black enamels with gold. In well, off-centre vase in pink, red and gold with scalloped overhead handle on a table, various flowers in the vase and two butterflies hovering to the left. Gold-edged rim. Surely an Imari attempt at the Kakiemon delicacy of decoration. Exhibited Porcelain for Palaces, 1990, pl. 205 Exhibited: Similar Example: Illustrated:	Main View

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