A pair of Kakiemon celadon dishes | Edo period, late 17th century

The Property of a Gentleman

A pair of Kakiemon celadon dishes

Edo period, late 17^th century

the shallow dishes with foliate rim, decorated with a pale celadon glaze and over-enamelled in green, black, yellow, blue and iron red, with long-tailed birds in the branches of bamboo beside chrysanthemums and rockwork

each 20 cm., 7⅞ in. diam.