A STUNNING ORIGINAL ORIENTAL IMPERIAL IMARI COLLECTORS PLATE WITH SPECTACULAR ARTWORK

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE OUR AUCTIONS AT ANY TIME. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING, BID ON IT OR MAKE AN OFFER AS THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHEN WE DO CLOSE AN AUCTION EARLY. PLEASE DO NOT BID IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO OR DO NOT INTEND TO PAY!!! PAYMENT WITHIN 3 DAYS PLEASE...

TO CALL THESE IMPERIAL IMARI PORCELAIN PLATES "SPECTACULAR" IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THE QUALITY IT EVIDENT WHEN YOU JUST HOLD THE PLATE IN YOUR HAND. THE THEME IS BIRDS AND MORE SPECIFIC, A SWALLOW, WHICH ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS: "BIRDS  - ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUN, SERVED AS FAMILY EMBLEM IN ANCIENT CHINA, ASSOCIATED WITH ALLEGORICAL FOLK TALES" AND SWALLOWS “SWALLOWS ARE YEARLY MIGRANTS ARRIVING IN JAPAN IN EARLY SPRING. AS A SYMBOL OF THAT SEASON THEY CAN BE EASILY IDENTIFIED IN TEXTILE REPRESENTATIONS BY THEIR V-SHAPED TAIL. THE SWALLOW IS ALSO A SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK, FIDELITY IN MARRIAGE, AND FERTILITY”. AS WITH MANY SYMBOLS IN JAPANESE CULTURE, THE CHRYSANTHEMUM MOTIF BEGAN WITH THE CHINESE. THE FLOWER WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE HEALING PROPERTIES FOR DRUNKENNESS, NERVOUS DISABILITY AND GENERAL DEBILITATING ILLNESSES. THE CHINESE ALSO ASSOCIATED THE CHRYSANTHEMUM WITH ENDURANCE AND INTEGRITY.

THE PLATE MEASURES 17.5cm AND HAS ABSOLUTELY NO CHIPS OR CRACKS.

PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT THE OTHER IMPERIAL IMARI PORCELAIN THAT I AM LOADING TODAY. 

PLEASE VIEW THE PICS VERY CAREFULLY FOR MORE DETAILS AND THE GENERAL CONDITION. STANDARD POSTAGE AND PACKAGING WILL BE R 50.00 COUNTER TO COUNTER OR PLEASE COLLECT IN EDENVALE AT NO CHARGE! IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO WRAP YOUR ITEM FOR COLLECTION PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CHARGE R 35.00 OR PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PACKAGING. KINDLY ARRANGE THE CORRECT CHANGE IF YOU ARE COLLECTING. WE DO NOT KEEP CHANGE. 

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