Antique Japanese Kutani Aka-e Plate Rakan Buddhist Figures Landscape Gold Meiji Chinese the unglazed oval foot rim

the unglazed oval foot rim shows the buff-toned paste typical of the period

It measures about 2 3/4" (7 cm) in diameter and 1/4" (

It is glazed in a beautiful shiwan green-blue glaze that has an emerald color quality to it

This is a mid 20th century Japanese Shogi board used to play Japanese Chess

and warm gold-amber with rich green foliage dominate the composition

Antique Japanese Kutani Aka-e Plate Rakan Buddhist Figures Landscape Gold Meiji Chinese the unglazed oval foot rimJapanese Kutani Aka e Plate Rakan Buddhist Figures Landscape Gold Meiji Japan, Meiji period, c. 18801910 Approx. 8 in. dia (20 cm); Weight: A fine Kutani () porcelain plate of above average decorative ambition, painted in the aka e () overglaze enamel tradition with a complex multi cartouche composition centered on a large rakan zu () a gathering of Buddhist arhats (, rakan), the enlightened disciples of the Buddha. Fifteen or more figures are