A LARGE, DEEP PORCELAIN DISH Hizen Ware, Ko-Imari Type Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1680-1700Property of various ownersA LARGE, DEEP PORCELAIN DISHHizen Ware, Ko-Imari Type Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1680-1700Set on a low ring foot and decorated in underglaze cobalt with branches of peaches and "Buddha's hand" (finger-lemon fruit) surrounding the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, United East India Company) monogram, the underside painted with scrolling vines and flowers 13 1/4in (33.6cm) diameterFor dishes of the same design in the collection of the Toguri Art Museum, Tokyo, see Koimari: Zōhin senshū (Old Imari Ware: Selections from the Collection), Toguri Bijutsukan, Tokyo, 1991, cat. no. 277, and in the Werkspoor Museum, Amsterdam, see Christiaan J. A. Jörg, Fine and Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2003, cat. no. 289.