Antique Japanese Arita Sometsuke Plate Edo Period Quality in Landscape

Sharing this very nice edo period, 1680-1700, example. With a central scene of a birds The rim beautifully painted. The base has a square mark which is covered by the hanger. Unmar...

Sharing this very nice edo period, 1680-1700, example. With a central scene of a birds The rim beautifully painted, quite unusual. Unmarked at base. Arita ware, also known as Arit...

Antique Japanese Arita Plate Sometsuke Japan, 18th/19th Century Lovely piece, after Kangxi example. Additional information: Material: Porcelai...

Sharing this very nice edo period, 1800, example. With a central scene of 2 cranes. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Japanese Style: Arita Region of Origin: Ja...

Quality antique Japanese Imari plate having a quality antique Japanese Imari plate decorated with birds and flowers hand painted in vibrant red, green, blue and white colours.

Quality antique Japanese Imari charger having wonderful hand painted decoration with flowers, leaves, trees and birds in Red, Blue, Green, White and Gold colours.

Unusual quality antique Japanese ribbon plate having a unusual quality antique Japanese ribbon plate decorated in flowers and leaves hand painted in wonde...

On offer is a truly impressive blue and white porcelain plate of Hizen ware, from Arita in Japan, circa mid to late-19th century. The plate was made by Kajiwara Kikujiro (菊次郎, the second Kiku son) and/or Kajiwara Kikusaburo (菊三郎, the third Kiku son who died in 1883) of the Kajiware Family Kiln of in Arita. It was decorated in a superb design with blue under-glaze, clearly out of a hand of a master. In a Classic Japanese composition that was popular in the Meiji Period, the plate displays a riot of auspicious elements, arranged still in a surprisingly harmonious manner. Anchoring the center of the design is an eagle perched on the branch of a blooming cherry tree, its talons clenching the bark and its wings about to open. The motion of the its immediate taking off is palpable. The trunk and the branches of the old cherry tree provide a spacial frame for the arrangement of large peonies with foliage, bundles of chrysanthemums, Chinese bell...