Japanese Hand-Painted Nabeshima Ware Dish with Carp, 20th century

Japanese porcelain dish with hand-painted carp. The dish has a high foot rim with comb tooth pattern typical of Nabeshima porcelain. The name derives from Lord Nabeshima of Saga who first produced porcelain at the Nabeshima feudal kiln at Okawachi near Arita in the Edo period, for the use and benefit of the family or as prestige gifts.

The dish is in good condition.

Production of Nabeshima ware ended in 1871, but the techniques and traditions of Nabeshima have been revived and passed down by the Imaemon family. Imaizumi Imaemon XIV was recognised in 2014 as a living national treasure.