Japanese Satsuma Charger -SUPERB QUALITY -Imperial Moriage Meiji 32cm 12.5D

Beautiful Satsuma Imperial Moriage ware Charger. This dish, like the other Imperial Satsuma chargers I have listed is in the true Imperial Satsuma Moriage style with a great deal of fine work in raised Aochiba, Kame and other overglaze raised enamelling. This has been done in slip clay and then applied to the body by firing.

The dish shows Samurai Warriors and possibly with a Diamyo or Shogun based on the highly important costume he wears. The dish is signed a little indistinctly but I believe this is from the Imura Factory. There is also the "Great Japan" -"Dai Nippon" three symbols to the right of the maker. Yokohama broker Imura Hikotaru (Hikojiro) started the Imura Toki Kaisha (Imura Pottery Company) in Yokohama in 1876 and began exporting ceramics toward the end of the Meiji Era.

The company developed quickly and came to employ finally more than thirty ceramic painters. Many of these Yokohama "etsuke" (painted wares), mainly popular between the 1880's to 1900's, were produced for export. Imura handled very high quality porcelains, including special-order products enameled by Kozan and other leading studios of the day.

Imura's name was on the list of Japanese potters in the official catalogue of exhibitors at the 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition (Chicago World's Fair). Imura Toki Kaisha closed in 1912. An opportunity to own an example of a high quality Imperial Satsuma Moriage ware. Dimensions: Charger 12.5 (32.5cm in diameter). A piece for the serious collectors of Meiji period Satsuma.

Dish will be sent extremely well packed. Part of the Conception Classique range of Satsuma pieces, some of which are listed here and others of high quality will be listed in the coming days.

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