A JAPANESE ARITA 'QUAIL AND MILLET' DISH EDO PERIOD, C.1700-20 The octagonal body decorated in underglaze blue, gilt and polychrome enamels; the two plump birds pecking seeds underneath tall sprays of millet and other flowers, the reverse with four beribboned sacred pearls, a paper label for 'Girton Two Quail Collection, 2004 Loan Exhibition, no.2', 17.4cm. Provenance: from the collection of David Stopher, Kent. Purchased from Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 12th May 2011, lot 103. Exhibited: Stockspring Antiques, London, 6th-20th May 2004, and The Museum of Worcester Porcelain, Worcester, 2nd July-5th September 2004, no.2, as part of the exhibition 'The Two Quail Pattern, 300 Years of Design on Porcelain' and illustrated in the catalogue, p.77.