EDO-HEISEI PERIOD (19TH -20TH CENTURY)

A study collection of thirty Nabeshima dishes and related wares with various designs
Edo-Heisei period (19th -20th century)
A group of thirty dishes of various sizes, each decorated in iron red and various coloured enamels on underglaze blue unless otherwise stated, with various designs:

1. weeping cherry tree and wooden pontoon, the reverse with peony and scrolling foliage, the ring foot with comb design, Edo period (19th century), 32.1cm. diam.
2. peonies and chrysanthemums with the pale celadon ground, the reverse with peony and scrolling foliage, the ring foot with lappet design, Meiji period (20th century), 34.6cm. diam.
3. decorated in underglaze blue with butterflies flying amongst waves, the reverse with peony, the ring foot with shippo design, Meiji period (late 19th century), 33.7cm. diam.
4. two hares above seigaiha [stylised wave design] in a frame in the shape of peach, surrounded by cherry blossoms, the reverse with flower sprays, the ring foot with comb design, Meiji period (late 19th–early 20th century), 31.6cm. diam.
5. band of stylised karahana [Chinese flowers], the reverse with flower and scrolling foliage, the ring foot with comb design, Meiji period (late 19th century), 31.1cm. diam.
6. two birds perched in an oak tree, surrounded by a band of geometric design, the reverse with peony and foliage, the ring foot with comb design, Meiji period (20th century), 30.1cm. diam.
7. flower and foliage, the reverse with peony and foliage, the ring foot with comb design, with fitted wood box, Meiji period (late 19th century), 29.9cm. diam.
8. peonies amongst seigaiha [stylised wave design], the reverse with peony and scrolling foliage, the ring foot with comb design, with fitted wood box, Heisei period (20th century), 24.9cm. diam.
9. two Genji cart wheels and cherry flowers, the reverse with stylised flower and scrolling foliage, the ring foot with comb design, Meiji period (early 20th century), 20.6cm. diam.
10. two shishi and shippo, the reverse with cash motif, the ring foot with comb design, Meiji period (20th century), 20.6cm. diam.
11. auspicious objects against pale celadon ground, the reverse in a celadon glaze, Meiji period (19th century), 20.5cm. diam.
12. decorated in underglaze blue with three karako [Chinese children] playing around a large jar beneath a pine, the reverse with cash motif, the ring foot with lappets, Meiji period (early 20th century), 20.4cm. diam.
13. decorated in underglaze blue with a warrior priest perched on a pine and two oni, the reverse with peony and foliage, the ring foot with lappets, Edo period (19th century), 20.3cm. diam.
14. band of stylised karahana [Chinese flower] design, surrounded by six shaped panels with scrolling clouds and geometric shippo design, the reverse with peony, the ring foot with geometric design, Edo period (19th century), 20.2cm. diam.
15. chrysanthemum and autumn flowers in a bamboo basket, the reverse with cash motif, the ring foot with comb design, Meiji period (late 19th century), 20.2cm. diam.
16. roundels with stylised flowers and ho-o birds, the reverse with peony and scrolling foliage, the ring foot with comb design, Meiji period (late 19th century), 20.2cm. diam.
17. three stylised ho-o birds and scrolling clouds, the reverse with peony and foliage, the ring foot with comb design, Edo period (19th century), 20.2 cm. diam.
18. stylised flowers and scrolling foliage around the rim, the reverse with stylised flower and karakusa, the ring foot with comb design, Meiji period (19th century), 20.1cm. diam.
19. decorated in underglaze blue with katawa-guruma [cart wheels amongst waves], the reverse with cash motif, the ring foot with comb design, Meiji period (20th century), 20.1cm. diam.
20. cherry blossom and bundled brushwood, the reverse with cash motif, the ring foot with comb design, Taisho period (20th century), 17.7cm. diam.
21. cherry blossom and bundled brushwood, the reverse with cash motif, the ring foot with comb design, Taisho period (20th century), 17.3cm. diam.
22. blossoming cherry tree, the reverse with cash motif, the ring foot with comb design, Heisei period (20th century), 15.1cm. diam.
23. decorated in underglaze blue with flowers and scrolling foliage, the reverse with cash motif, the ring foot with comb design, Meiji period (19th century), 15cm. diam.
24. camellia and brush fence, the reverse with cash motif, the ring foot with comb design, Heisei period (20th century), 15cm. diam.
25. flowering tree branches, the reverse with cash motif, the ring foot with comb design, Meiji period (late 19th century), 11.8cm. diam.
26. decorated in underglaze blue with scattered blossoms, the reverse with cash motif, the ring foot with comb design, Taisho period (20th century), 11.7cm. diam.
27. chained circles and continuous ruyi motifs, one side with geometric ground, the reverse with cash motif, the ring foot with comb design, the Nabeshima mon to the base, 20.3cm. diam.
28. a band of stylised karahana [Chinese flower] design around the rim, the reverse with stylised flower and scrolling foliage, the ring foot with comb design, Heisei period (20th century), 20cm. diam.
29. an Arita dish in Nabeshima style decorated in low relief and underglaze blue with two carps, the reverse with cash motif, the ring foot with comb-like design, Heisei period (20th century), 28.1cm. diam.
30. an Arita dish in Nabeshima style decorated in underglaze blue with a peony spray and a bird, the reverse with cash motif, the ring foot with comb design, Heisei period (20th century), 13.7cm. diam.

Provenance:
Edward Lucie Smith

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