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  • Museum Accession No.: EA1978.560
  • Catalogue No.: 234
  • Object type: Plate
  • Kiln/Location: Kakiemon, Arita
  • Period/Date: c. 1700
  • Dimensions: H. 3.2 cm, D. 19.3 cm
  • Provenance: Reitlinger gift
  • Description: Decagonal plate. Panelled sides, everted rim, flanged, petalled and brown-edged. Circular foot. Kakiemon palette with gold. Shishi in blue with yellow spots, red mane and tail, beside a tall peony above red-banded hedges and bamboo fence in well. Pattern of alternate lightning flashes and formalised prunus.
  • Exhibited: OCS, 1956, no. 109 (not illustrated)
  • Similar Example: OCS, 1956, no. 109 (not illustrated)
  • Illustrated:
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Detail of Decoration
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