Decorated in iron red and gilt on underglaze blue with a European design of three centaurs, the rim painted with the animals of the zodiac on a floral scroll ground
10¼ in. (25.8 cm.) diam.

Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), then by descent within the family.

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A similar example in the collection of the British Museum is illustrated in Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, (London, 1965), plate no. 44B.
For an example in the collection of the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, see Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Inter-Influence of Ceramic Art in East and West, (Tokyo, 1984), plate no. 156, p. 46.
Further examples are in the Collection of the Kyushu Ceramic Museum and the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka.