JAPAN - Pair of Arita porcelain plates with Kakiemon decoration in blue underglaze of phoenixes in a garden, moving border with rust enamel rim. Apocryphal mark Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi in blue underglaze in Kaishu and in a large circle, Arita Kakiemon, 18th century. Diam. 21.5 cm condition: A chip on the rim of each plate.

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