Plate, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Nishiki-de style "Imari" ware. Underglaze blue floral medallion in center with dark outline and detail. Small flowering fruit tree limbs in green and grey enamel with iron red and gold within a circle joined to the rim and center design by red. Pine tree designs in same colors enclosed by gold diamond design band on rim. Gold on rim. Blue scrollwork on undersides. Band at foot of alternating cross and diamond. H 2.5cm. Diam. 19cm.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)