Imari Painted Plate

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  1. AriesEd

    AriesEd New Member

    I have a 18 inch Imari painted plate and trying to find out how much it may be worth. I attached a photo.
     

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  2. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    @AriesEd we are not really a site for prices. But can help you find out for yourself. Are there any marks on the bottom?
    Mikey
     
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  3. AriesEd

    AriesEd New Member

    Yes
     
  4. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

  5. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    The first step to finding comparative prices is to accurately identify your plate. Despite what AI may say, yours is not an example of Japanese Imari style porcelain. For comparison, here is a typical piece of Imari -
    upload_2025-11-22_9-30-49.png
    https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/_japanese-imari-plate-c13e

    Your plate is probably Chinese, in a style referred to as "famille verte".

    We may be able to tell you more if you can post a photo of the bottom.
     
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  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Agree.
     
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  7. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    Ditto
     
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  8. AriesEd

    AriesEd New Member

    I attached a photo of what is on the middle of the back of the plate with the words "Hand Painted" and "Imari" thumbnail (22).jpg
     
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  9. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    Mid Century Imari mark. Probably made by Arita.
    Mikey
     
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  10. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    @916Bulldogs123 - Mikey, can you please post your reference for this identification? The op's photo is not clear enough to see the characters in the square, but I cannot find anything resembling it (with 4 characters in a double square) in Gotheborg's list of marks related to Japanese Imari. Thanks.

    I can find several examples in his list of Chinese marks that use the double square, dating to the 20th century.
     
  11. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

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  13. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    But the front still looks Chinese to me.

    Mikey
     
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  14. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    It sure does. I wonder if it might be one of those pieces where the porcelain plate was made in Japan, but was decorated in Hong Kong/China.
     
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  15. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

  16. kentworld

    kentworld Well-Known Member

    Huh. Well, the Chinese made items that imitated Japanese styles, too. :rolleyes:
     
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  17. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    And the Europeans imitated both Japanese and Chinese styles.:playful:
     
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  18. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    I have found only one other plate with similar decoration, shown on pinterest -

    upload_2025-11-25_11-33-59.png
    https://www.pinterest.com/pin/846536061182014684/

    As usual, following the link to its supposed occurrence on Chairish does not lead to the same plate. And the description provided on the pinterest page, which I assume copies the original entry on the Chairish page, clearly does not apply to this plate -

    "Description

    Designed after Meissen's Blue Onion Zwiebelmuster pattern. Produced by the Meissen Oven and Porcelain Manufactory owned by Carl Teichert, Meissen, Germany 1882–1929 A hard to find shape and size No chips nor cracks nor crazing Very light and quite scant utensil marks Discolored scuffing on underside bottom unglazed foot Colors and glossy glaze are vibrant and crisp with little, if any, color nor gloss loss Blue oval stamp with 5 pointed star below."

    According to this blog article by an enthusiast, "– NO truly antique pieces are marked “Imari” in English. If such a mark is on a piece, it was made in the mid to late 20th Century."
    https://janvierroad.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/imari-beautiful-at-any-age/

    So, we have few examples of this style of plate, and only two examples of the same mark that Mikey has found, one of which has a paper label saying Made in Japan, and neither of which are the same pattern as Aries's platter.

    This is the mark on the piece Mikey found on invaluable, which is identified as Japanese -
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    https://www.invaluable.com/auction-...panese-imari-woven-lattice-va-10-c-87f48b9aaf

    But Google Translate identifies the characters in the square as Chinese -


    Yong'an
    (eternal peace/safety)
    Jianzhi (supervised manufacture)


     

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