Japanese Imari plater, circa 1890. 64cm (25") diameter

Large 19th Century Japanese Imari charger, having wonderful gilded and bold colouring, depicting hand painted classical motifs, blossom trees, exotic flowers and birds. Including a b...

An enchanting late 19th Century Japanese Imari porcelain charger, depicting Geisha girls being carried along by exotic mythical dragons and birds among reeds and flowers. Batch 76 N/H

A good quality late 19th Century Japanese Imari porcelain charger, having inset hand painted fan shaped panels depicting exotic birds, flowers and foliage. Batch 76 G9332/21 UTKN

A large late 19th Century Japanese Imari porcelain circular charger, having wonderful bold orange colouring to the ground, with scrolling foliate decoration, inset hand painted panel...

A good quality late 19th century Japanese lidded Imari vase, having classical motif decoration and hand painted inset panels depicting seated Geisha girls. Signed to the base. Ba...

A beautiful and rare pair of late 19th century Japanese Kutani chargers, each with this bold orange and gilded ground, scrolling foliate and motif decor...

Circa 1890 pair of Imari vases, Japanese. Bulbous form. A true facing pair. Each with large opposing central medallions featuring a man with a fan with assistant behind with his shea...

Another handsome example of Imari from the late 19th/early 20th century.

Japanese porcelain Imari vase, circa 1870.

Japanese Imari vase, the interior rim is sparsely painted with stylized flowers and foliate, the baluster shaped body is boldly and profusely decorated with stylized flowers, foliat...

The mark on the underneath (see image) indicates that this spittoon is of Japanese Imari porcelain, manufactured circa 1880, and made specifically for the American market for the preponderance of bars and saloons at that time. These were popular from 1865 to the turn of the century; this is a particularly fancy and elaborate example. Note the copious and highly detailed and beautiful floral decoration to the inside of the upper portion of the spittoon; pretty fancy for something meant for spit and saliva! Fantastic and all original condition with no cracks, no chips and very bright paint in sharp colors of blue rust and pink, and meticulously painted in a floral pattern. Several of these would have been “stationed” in strategic places within a saloon. This is a wonderful piece of porcelain, and quality item of saloon and Western United States history...

Japanese Imari pattern porcelain covered temple jar. The body is fluted.