Porcelain bowl with polychrome decoration in the Imari palette, Japan, 18th century White porcelain decorated with blue underglaze enameling and red, yellow, green and gold overglaze enameling of a mountainous landscape, two nobles conversing around a makimono, birds on a background of the "three friends of winter", pine, plum and bamboo. The inside rim is decorated with a frieze of gold tako karakusa (octopus tentacles) on a blue background around the neck, the three friends of winter around the rim and a round reserve at the bottom, decorated with hollow rocks and a plum tree in blossom. Under the heel, a flower enamelled in blue under a gold glaze and red under a glaze. The quality of this bowl is close to that of imari kenjo. Height: 8.7 cm; diameter: 15.5 cm