An Arita Porcelain Bowl, of doube-ogee profile, the finely potted body decorated to the interior with flowering lotus and other plants in overglaze enamels, inscribed to the base Hichozan Shimpo sei, diameter 9.9cms, Meiji Period; And an Arita Porcelain Bowl and Cover, both decorated in underglaze blue with sparrows in flight amid peonies and irises, each marked to the base "Zoshuntei Sampo dzu". diameter 6.5cms, Late Edo Period. The "Hichozan Shimpo" Brand was active at the end of the Edo period and encompassed products of both the Arita kilns and the Mikawachi kilns, many of the latter being exported as "Hirado" ware. Tashiro Monzaemon was the merchant who commissioned much of the wares, expanding the market when the Tokugawa opened up the country. "Zoshuntei Shimpo" was a fictitious trade name adopted by Hisatomi Yojibei Masayasu (1812-1878) who was granted an export license in 1842 by the Lord of Arita, lord Nabeshima Naomasa (1814-1871) Condition Report: No discernible damage Condition Report Disclaimer