This is one of the smaller plates. Some call it a trinket plate, some call it a saucer. Either way It is a beautiful piece of Antique Art.

Imari ware (in the English use of the term) is decorated in underglaze blue, with red, gold, black for outlines, and sometimes other colours, added in overglaze. In the most characteristic floral designs most of the surface is coloured, with a tendency to overdecoration that leads to fussiness . The style was so successful that Chinese and European producers began to copy it.

At times the different overglaze styles of Kakiemon and Kutani ware are also grouped under Imari ware.

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