ROUND PLATE, Kutani, Japan, 19th century.

Porcelain. Flower-shaped mirror, finely painted in iron red, gold and polychrome enamel paints with a pair of birds in front of a blooming chrysanthemum bush. Rim with four round medallions filled with flowers, on a red ground filled with gold tendrils and fields with brocade designs. Calligraphic sign under the bottom. in red. Japan, 19 century D 34 cm.