An Arita Blue and White Dish – Taisho/Showa
April 2014 Auction by Far East Asian Art

A pretty little oblong boat shaped Arita dish with a lovely lakeside scene in underglaze cobalt blue. In the lower right we see some tall trees on a peninsula with a small village of huts in the background. In the lower left we find a fisherman poling his boat and behind him a group of low foothills descending to the lake with another lakeside village...