Antique Japanese Sometsuke blue and white porcelain dish

Description

Antique Japanese Sometsuke Blue & White Porcelain Dish - an eggplant shaped dish with steep sides, extruding stem and  single leaf protrusion at the lip. Decorated in under glaze cobalt blue painting of a classical Chinese landscape with rocky outcroppings in the foreground and the background, a circular moon in the distance and a boatman on a small boat. The central island has trees, dwellings and a single figure at the shore. The scene is contained within a double band and another blue band at the rim and a single line outlining the footed base. Glazed overall in a translucent glaze.
Some kiln grit adhesions to the center of the bowl and the side leaf, otherwise excellent condition.
8-1/8 in. long x 5 in. wide x 1-1/4 in. high (207 x 127 x 31 mm). 8 oz. (224g.)
Edo Period, 18th century.