Description A LOT WITH TWO IMARI PORCELAIN DISHESJapan, Edo period (1615-1868) – Showa period (after 1926). The first dish, dating to the Edo period, painted in underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red and gold on the show side with a river landscape within a double circle, the rims with floral scroll.The second a Showa period dish painted in the traditional Imari color palette showing various floral motifs as well as repeating images of birds and floral arrangements, arranged in lobed reserves, the backside with three stylized leaves in underglaze blue to the rims and a stamp seal 'GOLD IMARI hand painted' to the underside.Condition: The first in very good with minor wear to painting. The second with minor firing flaws and chipping to the upper rim. Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world's leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts.Dimensions: Diameter 23 – 24.5 cm