Casgliadau Arlein

Tureen stand, earthenware, concave base, spreading, everted sides, the rim moulded in lobes; a raised circular rib around the central well; applied horizontal handles of rustic foliate form; transfer-printed in blue with the 'Amherst Japan' pattern; within the raised circular rib with large imari-style flowers in-filled with iron-red and dark blue enamels with yellow detailing, a pagoda-style building in the foreground and an ornate fence with a salmon wash foreground with further scattered flowers; the rim with further imari-style flowers, overpainted in the same colours, the outer rim with a border of stylized floral motifs in yellow on a dark blue ground; the handles enamelled in dark blue with yellow detailing to the rustic moulding