Pair of dishes of the Qing dynasty. China, 19th century. Hand painted porcelain.

Pair of Qing dynasty dishes. China, 19th century.
Hand-painted porcelain.
Measurements: 21 cm (diameter).
Pair of porcelain dishes decorated in the Japanese Imari style, whose main characteristic is the use of underglaze cobalt blue glaze, combined with other glazes over the glaze, mainly iron red. Imari wares were produced in Japan from the third quarter of the 17th century until 1730-35, although there was a revival of the style during the 19th century. In decorative terms, Imari is very free, with compositions that occupy the entire space of the piece, generally asymmetrical, combining different motifs and cartouches of various shapes, as seen here.