Lot 503 Dα

A large Imari charger. Arita. 19th century

Painted in underglaze-blue to the centre with Moso holding a hoe and bamboo shoots underneath snow-ladden bamboo, the three large cartouches at the rim painted in iron-red and gold with birds perched on blossoming branches. Three peach branches to the reverse. Fuki choshun mark in underglaze blue at the base.
Diameter 46.2 cm