IMARI PLATE :CERTIFIED COLLECTORS IMARI

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IMARI PLATE :

On base:CERTIFIED COLLECTORS IMARI

Size:18 CM ACCROSS

Short Imari History:

Imari pottery was first made in Japan in the town of Arita and exported from the port of Imari. It was made from white kaolin clay discovered in Japan around the early 1600s. As wares were exported from Imari it became very popular in Europe during the 19th century especially with 'the royals'.

The original imari ware was blue and iron red on a white background with a rough-textured unglazed base. In the Sometsakae method, pieces were first glazed then color was added over the glaze. The word 'akae' means 'colored ware'. Decorations were originally pine, bamboo, plums and other fruits, trees and flowers popular in the Japanese culture. When imari became popular in European markets more colors such as yellow, green and purple were added.

Several shapes for the imari plate range from hexagon, octagon, rectangle and rhombus in from 4 to 10" diameter.

Ko-imari ware was decorated in either three colors (sansai) or five colors (gosai)-red, blue, green, yellow, and purple. Around 1660, the method of applying gold and silver was developed, from which Imari kinran (brocade ware with gold design) evolved. The outlines of aka-e designs were frequently drawn in cobalt underglaze (some-nishiki).