Bowl with shishi (imaginary animal like lion) design, enamelled ware

Bowl with shishi (imaginary animal like lion) design, enamelled ware
Bowl with shishi (imaginary animal like lion) design, enamelled ware
Bowl with shishi (imaginary animal like lion) design, enamelled ware

Height 9.4 cm, mouth diameter 21.6 cm, bottom diameter 10.0 cm
 This bowl has a unique Imari shape, with the mouth curved at the edge and the rim standing up low. The inside of the circular window is decorated with a leaf-like pattern and a Chinese lion in underglaze blue, surrounded by a wink-and-nod style pattern, while the inside is decorated on three sides with a Chinese flower design on a red ground within a frame and a circle design in between. The outside has a flying phoenix design on two sides with a kylin design in underglaze blue between the phoenixes. The inscription “Made in the year of the dawn of Manryaku” is inscribed within a double circle on the inner side of the stand.

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