Meiji Japanese Porcelain Imari Charger

A wonderful piece! two sided with leather hand painted snare on two sides trimmed in nail heads. The collapsable wooden stand, while making the piece complete, can be put aside and t...

A 19th Century Okimono Bronze Meiji period Japanese Crab. The crab is of good weight and could be a decorative object or a paperweight. The sculpture is ...

Japanese Meiji Satsuma polygonal vase with four panels. Each panel shows a different scene. Fine gilding and hand enameling. Marked on the bottom with shimadzu mon.

A fine and monumental 19" Japanese Meiji period gilt Imari charger, circa 1890. This very impressive & unusual charger depicts six immortal poets or scribes set in a landscape surround by calligraphy scrolls and writing paraphernalia and tables with scholarly objects and teapots, to the center is a screen emblazoned with a Hoho phoenix type bird, the scene is contained in a geometric black border. The ground is fully gilt and decorated with an all-over repeating poly-chrome pattern, the rear of the charger is also finely hand-painted with four Japanese Mon devices and four floral panels. Condition is very good indeed, no damage or restoration, this very beautiful and rare antique Imari charger...