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

symbolizing courage

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

The Koi fish

This is an antique Japanese late Taisho Era (c

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