Octagonal Lobed Kakiemon Dish

Edo Period c. 1680
Porcelain, overglaze enamels, underglaze blue.
Kakiemon kilns, Japan.
D: 19cm

The moulded foliate-rimmed dish with a bird perched on a Bamboo branch amongst Pine and Plum blossom issuing from the thatched fences, another bird swooping down to one side.