Lot 375

A rare Japanese porcelain dish decorated in underglaze blue, centrally depicting a pair of egrets, the moulded rim with six panels of scrolling foliage, scalloped rim, the reverse with a continuous leaf scroll, a square 'Fuku' (good luck) mark to the base, Japan, Edo period (1603-1868), ca. 1680. See C.J.A. Jörg, 'Fine & Curious -Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections', Hotei, Leiden, 2003, Page 136, no. 144 for a smaller dish with quail and a similar reverse pattern -D. 26 cm-