A KO-KUTANI STYLE DISH, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY

of decagonal, barbed lobed form, boldly painted within lines of underglaze-blue in iron-red and yellow, green, blue and aubergine enamels with a pair of birds among rocks and shrubs beneath a solitary butterfly within a band of repeating panels of brocade, bamboo and Buddhist treasures, the reverse with scrolling lotus, enamelled Fuku mark

A similar, slightly smaller, dish was exhibited, Ko-Kutani, Yokohama Takashimaya, 6-18th June, 1991, and illustrated in the catalogue, no. 64