Height 10.0cm, mouth diameter 34.3-34.9cm, bottom diameter 10.5cm
This is an early Imari Sometsuke ware of a slightly later date, probably after the Kan’ei period. The front is decorated with a pine, plum, and bamboo design on three sides, and an interesting design of a monkey stretching his arms out from the branches of a pine tree. The rim is surrounded by a lotus petal design and within the lotus petal is a floral design. It was probably fired at the Milia or Sarukawa kilns. The outside is unmarked.
