18th century AD. A shallow ceramic dish with squat funicular body and neck and footed base; rim with decorative 'scooped' notches; body and interior with lotus flower design; character within a hatched border on the inside base; internal and external surfaces covered in a tactile green glaze. 190 grams, 13cm (5"). From the collection of a Japanese gentleman, deceased (1970-2010); collected in the 1990s.[No Reserve]