Japanese Genroku era Imari bowl with blue underglaze and red and gold overglaze enamel decoration. The octagonal form with alternating panels on both interior and exterior of flowers and of boat in garden landscape. The cavetto with vase and flowers decoration. Flowers and vine decoration around the foot. Flower head decoration in red enamel inside blue ring within ring foot. The white glaze around the buff colored foot rim burned to a thin dark iron colored ring before the unglazed rim. The condition is incredibly good and with only sparse wear to the gilt enamel decoration. Diameter, point to point, about 7 1/4 inches (18.4 cm). Height, about 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm).

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