19th Century Imari Dish And Its Stand

Large dish and its support from the 19th Imari. Of a good size, the dish measures: Diameter 37 cm, thickness of the dish 6.50 cm And its support Height 48 cm and width of 35 cm. It is in good condition General no breakage except for a restoration on the side (see last photo). Imari porcelain is a style of ceramic born around 1600 in the region of Arita (有田町), a city of potters on the island of Kyūshū, in the South of Japan. According to tradition, it was a Korean named Ri Sampei, settled in the region, who exploited a kaolin deposit located at the foot of the Izumiyama hill. He succeeded in melting the kaolin, around 1400 ° C, to obtain porcelain similar to that of the Chinese, putting an end to a monopoly that was more than seven centuries old. This porcelain is characterized by a decoration using three colors: cobalt blue, iron red and the white background of the porcelain, the whole being enhanced with gold. It mainly presents floral motifs and was called "Imari" from the name of the port on the island of Kyùshù, from where it was exported, a few kilometers from Arita. It was the supply difficulties in China (due to political unrest in the 17th century) that encouraged Westerners to find other sources of production and this is how the Dutch, with their Oriental Company of the United Provinces, imported the first Imari from Japan.