A Kakiemon decagonal dish, a Chelsea Kakiemon style dish and a further Chelsea dish of similar design | The Kakiemon dish Edo period, late 17th century | The Chelsea dishes, England, circa 1752-1754

Property from the Henry Lawrence Collection

A Kakiemon decagonal dish, a similar Chelsea Kakiemon style dish and a further Chelsea dish of similar design

The Kakiemon dish Edo period, late 17^th century

The Chelsea dishes, England, circa 1752-1754

the first a Kakiemon decagonal dish with narrow everted rim, decorated in iron-red, green, yellow and black enamels and

gilt on underglaze blue with two long-tailed pheasants among flowering prunus, bamboo and banded hedges, the rims

with with a band of floral design, chocolate rim, the base with Fuku mark; the second Chelsea similarly decorated, raised

anchor; the third Chelsea of decagonal form with indented rim and similarly decorated

18 cm., 7¼ in. wide (the first and second)

16 cm., 6 1/2 in. wide (the third)