A rare Japanese Arita blue and white Stencilled dish, Edo period (1603-1868), 1690-1730, the lobed, rhomboid shaped dish decorated with an off-centre shaped reserve containing landscape decoration against a floral ground, the decoration applied by 'Katagami kuri' technique (stencilling). Single spur mark and 'Uzu fuku' mark to the base, 21.5 cm wide. Provenance: The Genine Wallinga collection, Genine Wallinga is the current president of the ceramics & glass circle of Australia, and has been collecting European 18th century ceramics and Japanese Ko-Imari ceramics from Arita of the 17th and 18th centuries for the last 20 years. Her connoisseurship has led her to focus on early Edo period Kakiemon porcelain, one of the great technological and artistic achievements in Japanese ceramic history, of which a number are offered in this collection, Literature: Kyushu ceramic Museum, complete catalogue of Shibata collection, 2003, plates 2488, 2547, 2760 and 2791for similar examples.