Massive Japanese Satsuma Shimazu Charger. Painted and gilt in the center with a shaped roundel enclosing families engaged in various activities, surrounded by fan-shaped panels depicting monkeys in a tree and ducks in a pond, a rectangular panel of sampans on a river, and a shaped panel depicting huts in a mountainous landscape, all on a gilt Y- and trellis diaper ground and within geometric-patterned borders, mark of Shimazu family crest and artist signature in gold on brown. H: 2.625 in., Diam: 23.75 in.

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