FOOD BOWL (MUKŌZUKE) WITH DESIGN OF CAMELLIA BLOSSOMS

Hizen ware, Nabeshima type; porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze colored enamels
Japan, Edo period (1615−1868), 17th century
2⅝ in. (6.7 cm) high

Another example of this pattern is illustrated in Seki Kazuo, Shoki Nabeshima (Early Nabeshima). Tokyo: Soujusha Bijutsushuppan, 2010, no. 85, p. 95, and in Kudo Yoshiro, Nabeshima. Tokyo: Ribun, Co., 2005, no. 135, p. 140.