A Small 18th Century Blue and White Nabeshima Porcelain Dish, Ōkawachi Kilns, Saga Prefecture, Island of Kyushu, Japan. This dish was made during the second half of the 18th Century, c.1750-1780, in the authorised kiln belonging to the Nabeshima Clan. This design is highly stylised, a characteristic feature of Nabeshima porcelain. The scene shows gently rippled water with some waves crashing, on the left side near a rock. The right side has bamboo in a much deeper darker shade of cobalt, this is actually just bamboo leaves but we see it as being the plant, despite no bamboo canes being shown. The back has one of the standard repeated designs found on the back of allot of Nabeshima porcelain, three stylised displays of peony flowers and leaves. The typical high foot has the filled lines from a circular line drawn around the junction between the top of the foot and the flared dish.     See Below For More Photographs and Information