Rare Large Imari 19th Century Dish

Rare and very large Imari dish: rare because of its size, 48 cm in diameter, rare because of its graphics. What differentiates this piece from many others is the lightness of its palette. We are very far from the very pronounced cobalt blues and shimmering oranges of certain productions. The blues are pale and the orange tones very discreet apart from those used as the background of four reserves which each contain a bird of paradise. The center of the dish is very discreet, containing two lotus flowers, a symbol of purity, separated by flower garlands. Four large reserves contain two by two a group of three horses and two figures, all in pastel shades of orange. These two decorations are rare in Imari iconography. This very beautiful Imari dish, which, everyone knows, takes its name from the exporting port of Japan, was made in Arita, a small town on the same island. The lightness of its palette and its graphics suggests that it is a piece from the first half of the 19th century, probably 1830-1840. With him everything is permitted! It will join "fellows" on a wall in the middle of a collection or will sit alone in your entrance or living room. Another solution of choice ! It can be part of a magnificent pair with the barely different second one that we present on the other hand.