Imari plate in chrysanthemum form(jap. rinka), Japan, Arita, Edo period(1603-1868), c. 1700, porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze painting and bright polychrome glaze painting as well as gold paint, in the mirror of the plate an elegant peony arrangement(jap. ikebana) in doucai technique, the rim in colours of the Kakiemon style with three large picture fields serving the east fence motif(i.e. Chrysanthemums at the bamboo fence of the Chinese poet Tao Yuanming(jap. Tou Enmei)), the scene here adapted to Japanese style and set under flowering plum trees, peony medallions interspersed on a background pattern of vibrating diamond lattices, rare cloud-phoenix motif on reverse side, cut off at the foot ring for the purpose of hanging, 30,5x5cm