Antique Hand-Painted Nippon Dish – Iridescent Shell Form, Rose Motif & Gilt Handle (Japan), c. 1915 🌸👑🇯🇵 Ulysses S. Grant Publisher/Foundry: R

Publisher/Foundry: R

is named after the great French playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Molière)

The object is classified as a high-impact seasonal collectible

It shows a strong stylistic similarity to the "Boston School" of painters

Barnhart Brothers & Spindler won medals at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and the Universal Exposition in Paris in 1900

Antique Hand-Painted Nippon Dish – Iridescent Shell Form, Rose Motif & Gilt Handle (Japan), c. 1915 🌸👑🇯🇵 Ulysses S. Grant Publisher/Foundry: RThis is a RARE and elegant treasure, a beautifully made porcelain dish that exemplifies the decorative peak of Japanese export artistry. The piece is sculpted in a graceful, scalloped, leaf like form with a single, heavily gilded handle. The dish's surface features a stunning iridescent blue and white lustre glaze that provides a luminous canvas for the hand painted pink and yellow roses. This artistry and elegant form establish it as a top shelf