Asiette porcelain Imari, nineteenth century

Beautiful porcelain plate with imari decoration. On this plate, the background is blue and white, with reserves in which one can observe patterns of red flowers and bamboo leaves. Imari porcelain is actually a japanese porcelain production site on the island of kyushu, in hizen province. One of the different styles of imari porcelain found there is the kirande style, also called "golden brocade". It is recognized by the use of three specific colors (cobalt blue, saffron red and white) but also by a particular iconographic register (many floral motifs, animal and mineral elements). Japan having been a closed country for three centuries, between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, and its imari porcelain being very popular, china has taken up the imari motifs for european customers.