An Ai-Kakiemon oval dish marvelously painted with Dragon & Pearl design, the vertical rim edged in fuchi-beni and highlighted with sumi-hajiki (ink repel technique) raised on a high foot, Nangawara Kakiemon Kiln B
Ai-Kakiemon type, Nangawara Kakiemon Kiln B, Arita ware, Hizen province, Japan
Edo Period (mid-17th century), Enpō period
circa 1670-80
Measurements:
8 inches in diameter (23.5 cm); in height (2.2 cm).
Condition report:
In prisitine original condition.
A majestic Ai-Kakiemon dish, Dragon & Pearl design, Nangawara kiln c1670-80
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REFERENCES
An identical dish titled as "The Waving Dragon Design Medium Plate" is illustrated in Kazuo Seki's Beauty of Prime Period Imari: selected works of under-glazed blue porcelain (Tokyo 1990), catalogue number 98, p.44 and p.84.