A Japanese Arita style dish, Edo period about 1720, the prototype for later Derby 'Japanese' designs, a scallop edged dish in delicate orange, deep green, and gold colours centred with rockwork and flora, with a fine meandering ribbon and vegetal border with two phoenix; actual dish illustrated in J. Twitchett, 'Derby Porcelain 1748-1848' (2002), colour plate 104, diameter 20 cm