Flower pot in porcelain Imari 19th century

Beautiful porcelain planter decorated with imari. On this flowerpot, the background is blue, there are reserves in which a dragon and a bird appear surrounded by red flowers. The upper part of the porcelain is decorated with a red frieze on the side. Many details are golden. 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 recognizable 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 highly prized, china has adopted imari motifs for its european customers. China or japan late 19th early 20th century.