Chinese Porcelain Plate, Imari

Deep plate, in Chinese porcelain. Imari decoration, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795). This plate features an elaborate underglaze cobalt blue decoration, complemented by ro...

Chine porcelain plate for export. Polychrome decoration with flower vase in the center, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795). The meticulously hand-painted decoration features ...

Wonderful 18th to 19th century antique Imari porcelain plate with scalloped rim. Hand painted with central blue medallion, surrounded vibrant orange, crimson, blue, and green pattern...

This is a beautifully hand painted Chinese Export porcelain plate or bowl from the Qing, Kangxi period, 1662-1722, fully marked to the base with the Kangxi period Artemisia Leaf mark within a double blue ring. The plate is of dinner plate size, finely potted with a carefully cut base rim and a lovely rich glassy, white glaze with a light blue tinge. The plate is carefully hand painted in a free flowing style, characteristic of the period, in varying shades of a clear cobalt blue, iron red and gold. The central well is decorated in the Imari style with flowering peonies, asters and other flowers and grasses, with a small insect flying above the flowers, all within two sets of concentric blue circles. The outer rim is richly decorated with flower sprigs and leaves, all within an outer blue circle. The base of the plate has a recognized and documented hand painted Kangxi symbol of an Artemisia Leaf, within a double blue ring. See Page 168 of "How to Identify Old Chinese Porcelain" by Willoughby Hodgson and published by Forgotten Books. A Kangxi plate...