Large Blue Japanese Charger with Quails 14”, Ceramic Platter with Hexagon Patter

potter's interpretation of an ancient Chinese poem and painting on a silk scroll. This pattern became became part of Japanese art and culture and spread to Europe via Kakiemon bowls and plates. It's popularity in Europe resulted in it being copied by both Euro and English potters. This pattern is still being produced by a couple of famed Japanese potters, hand painted, with a coffee cup and saucer going for about $400 and a charger of this size going for about $8,000!!! You can understand the skill and hours of painting each piece because of the detail and especially the pentagon background pattern!
It's a beautiful piece and quite striking because of its size. I only discovered this pattern last year, by accident. I had been researching a Black Ship pattern by a particular Japanese maker for about a year. When I finally identified the maker, turns out it was imported into the US by a New York company, that went through at least four name changes due to branding