
A pair of Kakiemon style dishes with a river scene. Japan, Arita, circa 1700
The shallow dishes are decorated in underglaze blue, enriched with Kakiemon enamels and touches of gilding. At the centre, a river landscape painted in underglaze

The shallow dishes are decorated in underglaze blue, enriched with Kakiemon enamels and touches of gilding. At the centre, a river landscape painted in underglaze

The plate is enamelled in the famille rose palette and gilt with a lady carrying a lotus stem and riding a buffalo over turbulent wares

Finely decorated in the traditional Imari palette, the centre painted with a European couple, traditionally identified as Governor Duff and his wife, standing on a

The hound is decorated with an aubergine-brown glaze, its head turned slightly to its left. It has flat drooping ears and a long muzzle. Its

The moulded and modelled figure of Benkei on carp has its mouth slightly opened, protruding eyes, moulded nostrils, raised fins, incised scales along the body.

The tea bowl and saucer are decorated with a parrot on a perch with a cherry branch and a small dog, painted in famille rose