A LARGE BRONZE DISH SIGNED IKKO-DO MIYABE ATSUYOSHI WITH KAO, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY

A LARGE BRONZE DISH

SIGNED IKKO-DO MIYABE ATSUYOSHI WITH KAO

MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY

decorated hirazogan and takazogan with a broad rim decorated in gold and silver nunumezogan, the central roundel with a South Sea islander holding a double gourd, an oni with a brocade bag beside a large carp in crashing waves, the wide rim with geometric design and half roundels depicting birds among flowers and foliage

47.5 cm, 18 1/2 in. diam.