Decorative Porcelain Dishes

A collection of intricately designed porcelain dishes featuring romantic and scenic motifs, employing vibrant colors and detailed illustrations from various cultural influences.

Bowl with Ships and Dutchmen, 18th century, Unknown Japanese, 6 1/8 × 13 1/4 × 13 1/4 in. (15.56 × 33.66 × 33.66 cm), Imari ware; porcelain with overglaze enamels, Japan, 18th century, The technique used to decorate this bowl is known as iro-e (colored pictures). Motifs and patterns are painted with colored glazes onto previously glazed and fired ceramics, which are then fired again at a lower temperature so the color melts onto the underglaze. The Chinese developed this method in the 1100s, and it was introduced to Japan about five hundred years later.
Bowl with Ships and Dutchmen, 18th century, Unknown Japanese, 6 1/8 × 13 1/4 × 13 1/4 in. (15.56 × 33.66 × 33.66 cm), Imari ware; porcelain with overglaze enamels, Japan, 18th century, The technique used to decorate this bowl is known as iro-e (colored pictures). Motifs and patterns are painted with colored glazes onto previously glazed and fired ceramics, which are then fired again at a lower temperature so the color melts onto the underglaze. The Chinese developed this method in the 1100s, and it was introduced to Japan about five hundred years later.