Lot 64. A fine Ko-Kutani dish, Fuku mark, Edo period, circa 1650–60; 34.5cm., 13½ in. diam. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the deep dish with a broad rim decorated in yellow, aubergine, green and black enamels with birds flying above chrysanthemums and grasses among rockwork, the broad rim with further larger chrysanthemum leaves, the reverse with scrolling karakusa, Fuku mark.