A Kakiemon dish | Edo period, late 17th century

A similar dish was sold in the Welbeck Abbey sale of 1786 which was described as the lion, butterfly and sprig pattern. This design was copied by Meissen and the end of the eighteenth century. For an example, see Masako Shono, Japanisches Aritaporzellan im sogenannten Kakiemonstil als Vorbid fur die Meißener Porzellanmanufaktur, (Munich, 1973), pl. 26.

For a similar example, see Japan House Gallery, & Burghley House Preservation Trust, The Burghley Porcelains: An Exhiibition from the Burghley House Collection and based on the 1688 Inventory and 1690 Devonshire Schedule, (New York, 1986), pl, 114, pg. 262

For a further example see Mark Hinton and Oliver Impey, Kakiemon: Porcelain from the English Country House, (London, 1989), pg. 41, pl. 12.