Monumental 22" Pair Antique Japanese Meiji Porcelain Imari Chargers Plates 1880

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An exceptional & monumental 22" pair of antique Japanese Meiji period porcelain chargers/plates, circa 1880.
Each charger being finely & lavishly hand-decorated with under glaze blue & red iron oxide panels heightened with gilded decoration. The central circular reserve is decorated with a floral panel with birds, the outer decoration having four panels with prunus & foliate decoration & Japanese figures in a pastoral setting. The chargers also having red oxide glazed panels with gilded decoration & a pair of circular red Japanese mon symbols.
The reverse of each charger having four hand painted floral panels with butterflies and a central floral sprig signature to the center.
Both chargers are in excellent condition, no damage or restoration, the chargers come with a pair of custom hard wood stands. These are the finest pair of Imari chargers we at Bloomsbury Fine Art & Antiques have had in inventory for the past 20 years.
Provenance; From an eminent San Francisco collection purchased in 1992 for $8,500.

Imperial

ches high × 22 inches wide × 22 inches deep

Metric

3 in high × wide x deep

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