Two large Imari plates. Arita. 19th century

Two large Imari plates. Arita. 19th century

Painted in underglaze-blue, iron-red, a few enamels and gold at the centre with a flower vase, surrounded by three reserves filled with Chinese figures, and scrolls on a red ground. On the reverse scrolls and chrysanthemums. To the base a pomegranate branch. One dish with two cracks. (2)

Diameter 40.6 and 39.6 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Lower Saxony