A SET OF FIVE PORCELAIN DISHES Hizen Ware, Imari Type Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1680-1700Property of various ownersA SET OF FIVE PORCELAIN DISHESHizen Ware, Imari Type Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1680-1700Each decorated in underglaze cobalt and polychrome enamels with a central panel of a long-tailed bird perched on rocks among flowering peony bushes, bordered by blossoming prunus, chrysanthemums, and peonies in rocks, the reverse painted with scrolling vines and an apocryphal Ming reign mark within concentric rings (5) 7 1/4in (18.5cm) diameterProvenanceGeorge E. McGague, purchased in Japan in April 1903, and thence by descent