Antique Japanese Late Edo Period Imari Blue & White Porcelain Peony Bowl 12"W Sake symbolizing courage

symbolizing courage

with gilt highlights preserved

This exquisite piece of 100 year old antique Japanese indigo fabric features a central hanabishi mon (family crest) with arabesque surround created using the traditional tsutsugaki dyeing technique

The body is worked on a dark green ground with large shaped black cartouches on each face

The combination of sliding door compartments with flanking drawer columns reflects a practical hierarchy of storage that remained in continuous use across generations

Antique Japanese Late Edo Period Imari Blue & White Porcelain Peony Bowl 12"W Sake symbolizing courageAntique Japanese Imari Blue and White Porcelain Bowl, Late Edo Period, 12"W Late Edo period, mid 1800's Dimensions 12"W x 2. 25"H This antique Japanese Imari porcelain bowl is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a freely painted floral and grasses composition. The interior features large, open blossoms and foliage rendered with expressive brushwork, showing intentional variation in tone from pale washes to deeper cobalt pooling. A sweeping rim