A KUTANI PORCELAIN PLAQUE WITHIN A LACQUERED WOOD FRAME, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

frame h cm 55 x l cm 39; plaque d cm 29,5

Of circular form, depicting an extensive river landscape with figures in traditional attire along the banks and on a jetty, boats and flocks of birds in flight. Set within a rectangular black-lacquered wood frame decorated in gold and red with stylised clouds, scrollwork and pairs of facing birds.