Delft vase "Imari". Cobalt blue and saffron red. Inspired by seventeenth-century Japan.

Delft vase called "imari". Floral motifs and birds, inspired by japanese cardboard. Porcelain with a white background, with saffron red, cobalt blue and gold highlights as dominant enamels. These are the characteristic colors of the imari style, a westernization of japanese ceramics of the seventeenth century entered europe through dutch ports, transported in particular by the oriental company of the united provinces. Lid surmounted by a "komainu" (protective dog of the entrance of shinto temples) very good state of conservation. Tiny gaps that we perceive only carefully.