Edo period (1615-1868), 1680-1730 Probably modelled after a European pewter shape, embellished in gold hiramaki-e on a black-lacquer ground, the broad flat border with a shallow curved wall to the flat well decorated with a pair of birds and a sprig of flower arranged in a circular pattern, surrounded by a border divided in three landscapes by a shippo-tsunagi (linked-cash) pattern. 26.7cm (10½in) diam.