A LARGE JAPANESE IMARI BOWL EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY The deep body typically decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, yellow, green, cyan, orange and red enamels, the well with a peony to the centre and the cavetto with two beribboned sprays of chrysanthemum and irises, a band of blue spirals to the rim embellished with gilt; the reverse decorated with alternating panels enclosing various flowers including chrysanthemum, carnations, lotus and others, above a continuous band of prunus branches, the foot painted with spirals, 31.4cm.