Preliminary identification
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Overview
A refined pair of Japanese porcelain dishes featuring underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels with delicate gilt highlights. The dynamic asymmetrical composition depicts flowering chrysanthemums and stylized clouds against a pale celadon-tinged glaze, complete with an auspicious four-character base mark reading 'Fuki Choshun' (富貴長春, Riches, Honors, and Enduring Spring).
Story
During Japan's peaceful Edo period, urban merchant culture flourished, sparking a taste for elegant dining wares that brought courtly botanical poetry right to the banquet table.
Maker / Origin
Produced by master artisans in the storied kiln districts of Arita, these pieces reflect generations of collaborative craftsmanship between clay throwers, cobalt painters, and overglaze enamellers working under the regional supervision of the Nabeshima domain.
Condition & Value
Both dishes appear in very good antique condition, with vibrant enamels, light authentic kiln spur marks on the bases, and minor rubbing consistent with age. Excellent preservation of the polychrome enamels and gilding notably supports collector demand.
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Comparable demand stays strongest where maker, originality, and venue confidence line up. Broader examples still trade, but the range tightens quickly when provenance, condition, or selling lane fit is missing.
Best Venue
Specialty auction or a focused dealer with buyers already in this lane.
Signed example with light edge wear and original frame.
Comparable format with stronger provenance and cleaner surface.
Smaller related piece with visible craquelure and trimmed margins.
Period match with softer condition and weaker subject matter.
Close market lane comp with similar material and presentation.