A cloisonné enamel dish | Meiji period, late 19th century

The Property of an English Collector

A cloisonné enamel dish

Meiji period, late 19^th century

the circular dish with copper-gilt rim, decorated in coloured cloisonne enamels and various thicknesses of gold wire on a deep blue ground, depicting a butterfly and dragonfly among fringed pinks (nadeshiko), foliage and reeds, the rim with geometric design border

31 cm., 12¼ in. diam.