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.

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