"Polychrome Plate Arita Japan 17/18th Century"
Arita polychrome dish 17th/18th century of lobed form with a raised rim. Decorated with flowering Prunus behind a hanging textile. Base with a Chenghua mark. Arita 17th/18th century.
Diameter; 20.4 cm.
Condition; wear to the gilding and a small chip of 0.35 cm.
See Shibata Vol VIII No. 85 for a similar dish dated circa 1690-1730