YOKOHAMA YEAR PLATE 2004 - 16TH SERIES - "BLACK SHIP" LATE EDO PERIOD - PLATE NUMBER 014

A JAPANESE PORCELAIN COMMEMORATIVE YEAR PLATE FROM THE YOKOHAMA YEAR PLATE SERIES, DATED 2004 AND NUMBERED AS THE 16TH IN THE SERIES. THE PLATE DEPICTS A SCENE TITLED "BLACK SHIP" FROM THE LATE EDO PERIOD, RENDERED IN BLUE AND WHITE TRANSFER PRINT WITHIN A CENTRAL MEDALLION BORDERED BY A GILT RING. THE SCENE SHOWS A LARGE WESTERN SAILING VESSEL AT SEA WITH A PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF A BEARDED FIGURE IN PERIOD EUROPEAN DRESS ABOVE. JAPANESE TEXT APPEARS ALONGSIDE THE SHIP. THE WORD "YOKOHAMA" IS PRINTED IN BLUE AT THE LOWER EDGE OF THE CAVETTO.

THE WIDE RIM FEATURES A COBALT BLUE BORDER WITH WHITE SCROLLWORK CARTOUCHES AND GILT EDGE LINES. THE DATE "2004" IS PRINTED IN BLUE AT THE TOP OF THE RIM.

BACKSTAMP AND IDENTIFICATION:
* BLUE AND GOLD YC MONOGRAM AT TOP OF BACKSTAMP
* JAPANESE TEXT DESCRIBING THE 16TH ISSUE, 2004, TITLED "BLACK SHIP" FROM THE LATE EDO PERIOD
* ENGLISH TEXT READS: "2004 THE 16TH SERIES OF YOKOHAMA YEAR PLATE ARTIST UNKNOWN 'BLACK SHIP' LATE EDO PERIOD"
* FURTHER ENGLISH TEXT DESCRIBES COMMODORE PERRY'S ARRIVAL AT YOKOHAMA IN 1854 WITH THREE FRIGATES (SUSQUEHANNA, MISSISSIPPI, POWHATAN) AND THE DEPICTION OF THE KUROFUNE (BLACK SHIPS) IN THE ARTWORK
* PLATE NUMBER: 014
* MAKER BACKSTAMP READS "MATSUDA" WITH "YOKHAMA MOTOMACHI" BENEATH

CONDITION:
* GILT BORDERS BRIGHT AND INTACT
* COBALT BLUE BORDER EVEN AND WITHOUT CHIPS
* TRANSFER-PRINTED DESIGN CRISP AND CLEAR
* NO CHIPS, CRACKS OR CRAZING VISIBLE

PLATE NUMBER: 014

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