19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Pair of Large Imari Vases

A large and impressive fine quality 19th century Imari vase, with hand painted classical floral motif and inset panels painting of playful Foo Dogs. Japan, Meiji period, late 19th c...

A remarkable hand painted Japanese porcelain Imari vase. Classic iron red and cobalt blue on a white porcelain background. Elegant Japanese figures painted all around the center port...

These are a very decorative pair of cloisonné vases, made in Japan and dating to the 19th Meiji Period, circa 1875. The vases have a good baluster shape with a circular form. They...

A Monumental pair of Japanese Meiji Period Imari vases with Dragon handles, Japanese Porcelain Studio Marks on Underside. Each is beautifully ...

Very pretty Japanese porcelain vase enhanced with lacquer. This beautiful vase with a swollen body, called Tianqiuping, is decorated extensively with a thousand flowers in reserve in...

An impressive and large Japanese Imari bowl with a golden spotted hare or rabbit, early Meiji Period (1864 to 1912), mid 19th century, Japan The fantastic Imari bowl featuring a c...

A large 18.25" diameter Japanese Imari porcelain charger, Edo to Meiji Period, mid 19th century, Japan. The large charger of near flattened form and decorated in the typical Imari palette of underglaze blue with red, orange and green overglaze enamels and gilt highlights. The design is centered on a roundel with a dense design of scrolling peony blossoms and leaves in underglaze blue. Two large pictorial reserves of Shinto priests...

A nicely decorated Japanese Meiji Period Imari charger, late 19th century, Japan. The porcelain charger featuring a design of a hoho bird, or phoenix, per...

A large and charming Japanese imari charger with Chinese boys, Edo to Meiji Period, mid 19th century, Japan. The large porcelain charger measuring 16" in diameter features high, slo...

A large and impressive Japanese Imari porcelain fluted charger with scalloped rim, signed Kaji(chu?), Edo to Meiji Period, mid 19th century, Japan. The magnificent Japanese Imari charger measures 25" in diameter, and is decorated in the typical imari palette of underglaze blue with overglaze red, orange, blue, and green enamels with gilt highlights. The large charger also features fluted sides and a scalloped gilt rim. The design of the charger is centered on a central floral medallion with three large chrysanthemum blossoms and vegetal scrolls. Radiating out from the central medallion are various brocade patterned sections that roughly follow the shape of the fluting. Some larger sections feature images of cranes and minogame (turtles with long tails), both symbols of longevity, while other feature dragons and phoenix, symbols of authority and power. Four large reserves depict charming scenes of a scholar and his students within a bamboo grove having discourse and examining scrolls. The back of the charger decorated in underglaze blue with bold floral and vegetal scrolls. With a three character inscription in underglaze blue reading Kaji(chu?) Sei. The charger is fitted with an antique metal hanger...