A PAIR OF NABESHIMA PORCELAIN DISHES Hizen, Okawachi, Nabeshima Ware Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1680-1700Property from a private New York collectionA PAIR OF NABESHIMA PORCELAIN DISHESHizen, Okawachi, Nabeshima Ware Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1680-1700Each set on a high ring foot with straight upright sides and a tsubabuchi (flat, extended) rim decorated in underglaze cobalt and green, yellow and iron-red enamels with stylized scrolling peonies, the rim with a tight band of flower petals, the underside with a cash motif and a comb-tooth band around the foot (2) 8 3/16in (20.8cm); 8 1/8in (20.6cm) diameterFor a similar dish in the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, see Imaizumi Motosuke, Nihon no Yakimono (Japanese Ceramics) vol. 21, Nabeshima, Tokyo, 1975, pl. 48; and Nihon Toji Zenshu (Complete Collection of Japanese Ceramics), vol. 25, Nabeshima, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 29.For one in the Hayashibara Museum, see Kyushu Ceramics Museum ed., Shogun-ke eno kenjo Nabeshima (Nabeshima Porcelain for the Shogunate), exhibition catalogue, Saga 2006, p. 97, pl. 104.For one in the Suntory Museum of Art, see Suntory Museum of Art ed., Hokori takaki dezain Nabeshima (Nabeshima Ware Designs that Inspire Pride), exhibition catalogue, Tokyo, 2010, p. 71, pl. 48.