A SET OF FIVE MOLDED KO-IMARI PORCELAIN DISHES Hizen Ware, Ko-Imari Type Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1680-1700Property of various ownersA SET OF FIVE MOLDED KO-IMARI PORCELAIN DISHESHizen Ware, Ko-Imari Type Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1680-1700Each molded with a barbed rim and painted in underglaze cobalt with a long-tailed bird perched in a flowering peony bush calling to its mate in flight and a pine tree on a rocky outcropping by rolling waves, the rim finished in brown iron oxide, the reverse with a continuous band of flowering vines and a stylized Fuku ("Happiness") mark within concentric rings (5) 9 5/8in (24.4cm) diameterProvenanceGeorge E. McGague, purchased in Japan in April 1903, and thence by descent