Japanese Imari Pattern Porcelain Covered Temple Jar, circa 1880

Pair of monumental delft covered temple Jars, circa 1880.

Japanese porcelain covered jar, circa 1880.

Pair of French porcelain covered jars, Samson, circa 1880. Chelsea style.

In the "transitional" style.

Pair of large Japanese Imari pattern covered vases, circa 1860. With over-all fluting.

Japanese porcelain Imari vase, circa 1870.

With cobalt blue decorated neck and base band. Large oval shaped panels on two sides featuring an amusing scene with rust tone and white foo lions in a river landscape looking back t...

An exceptional pair of large scale late 19th century Japanese Imari temple jars from the Meiji period with covers, also can be referred to as ginger jars. Rare octagonal facet cuts a...

Unique contemporary Japanese Ko-Imari style porcelain lidded temple jar, hand painted in cobalt blue, iron red and green with generous application of gold on an elegantly shaped pure...

Circa 1860-80 pair of Imari covered jars, Japanese. The lids with finial tops, decorated with phoenix birds & flowers. The jars decorated with large ...

A fine Japanese Imari porcelain lidded jar or urn. Decorated throughout with painted red floral devices with blue underglaze and gilt highlights against a white ground. Simply ...

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...