Japanese export Imari porcelain bowl for the Dutch market, ca. 1820. The interior decorated with a central gilt medallion depicting a phoenix amidst vining…

Japanese export Imari porcelain bowl for the Dutch market, ca. 1820. The interior decorated with a central gilt medallion depicting a phoenix amidst vining foliate forms executed in blue and green glaze. Encircled by alternating depictions of ships flying iron-red, green, and black Dutch flags beside scalloped cartouches of a pair of Dutch figures on iron-red ground. These motifs are repeated along the exterior amidst peony sprays. The narrow rim elegantly decorated with an iron-red scrolling ba

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