Dish with design or nyoigashira (head of abbot’s baton), blue and white reserved against celadon glaze

Dish with design or nyoigashira (head of abbot's baton), blue and white reserved against celadon glaze
Dish with design or nyoigashira (head of abbot's baton), blue and white reserved against celadon glaze
Dish with design or nyoigashira (head of abbot’s baton), blue and white reserved against celadon glaze

Height 4.2 cm, mouth diameter 14.0 x 13.8 cm, high base diameter 7.1 cm.
 This is an octagonal dish with a low, raised rim. The front of the dish is decorated with a Ruyigashira pattern in each section, with a hollyhock-like leaf in the middle. This is a unique example of a Nabeshima five-sun dish.

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