A Japanese Imari charger, Meiji period, 1868-1912 of petal outline, the centre painted with a flower-filled jardinière enclosed by a diaper border, the slightly lobed sides painted with a pair of ho-ho amongst clouds and a pair of shi-shi before a balustraded garden, blue-line and gilt rim, the reverse with four sprays of flowerheads and scrolling foliage above a double blue-line border, with overall gilt highlights, the base with blue-line border, firing faults, 62,3cm diameter