A Satsuma stoneware plate depicting the archer Tametomo, Japan, Meiji period, preparing to sink the ship of the enemy Taira clan with a single arrow, signed under the base, 36.5 cm diameter

A Satsuma stoneware plate depicting the archer Tametomo, Japan, Meiji period, preparing to sink the ship of the enemy Taira clan with a single arrow, signed under the base, 36.5 cm diameter

Overall wear to the surface
Wear to the gilding
Some firing imperfections
Old label to the back of the plate, inscribed with a long description of the myth illustrated on the plate
Label "80" to the base
Unreadable signature, except for the characters 東京 (Tokyo)
Presence of a seal under the signature
Presence of a grey material to the base, near the signature, probably a filling of a firing imperfection