"Porcelain Arita Japan Period Late Nineteenth Century"
Large IMARI type dish enhanced with green enamels. Decor painted in cobalt blue under glaze, iron red, green and gold on glaze, a floral medallion in the center and 8 radiating cartridges around the perimeter: 4 decorated with a phoenix (symbol of the Empress) and 4 others decorated with pines (symbol of longevity) and flowers erect in foliage. The reverse painted in cobalt blue under the cover of a large frieze of stylized floral scrolls of "Tchi" clouds