Casgliadau Arlein

Rounded oblong dish, earthenware, recessed base, the sides rising steeply then flaring to form a wide rim with slightly waved effect; transfer-printed in blue with the 'Colandine' pattern, an ornate pagoda-style building in the centre with a flight of steps to the front with a figure descending holding a heart shaped banner on a staff, in the foreground, an imari style floral spray emerging from a wave and rock formation with an ornate trellised fence emerging from the pagoda, surmounted on one side of the pagoda with a vase issuing flowers and shrubs and to the other with a smaller building, and a tree with flowered branches, in the distance, an expanse of water with a two sailed boat; to the rim, sprays of imari style flowers and flowered branches with daisy or crysanthemum type blooms, on a trellis work ground with a single flower head on a blue ground reserved in each corner