Fine Large Late C19th Japanese Meiji Period Porcelain Charger in the Imari Palette .

Fine large late C19th Japanese Meiji period porcelain charger decorated in the Imari palette .

Exhibition quality Imari porcelain dished charger , skilfully decorated with a sea-shore or sea-bed scene featuring lobsters , crayfish , turtles and sea-snails to the foreground leading into a landscaped distant perspective with buildings and pavilions in the distance .

Beautifully decorated and gilded in the traditional Imari palette colours of iron-red , coral and colbalt blues with gilded highlights.

Of gently dished form , the reverse decorated with typical sparsely decorated blue motifs to the edges . Raised on a shallow foot-ring with blue line rings . The centre showing kiln spur-marks to the glaze where supported in the firing process .

A highly decorative large-scale charger of rare design, in excellent original condition with no damage , repairs or rubbing to the decoration.

H 25”

W 25”

D 4”

Japan c.1870

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