Vase; Japan, Meiji period, c. 1900.

Vase; Japan, Meiji period, c. 1900.
Hand-painted Imari porcelain.
Measurements: 55 x 25 cm.
Meiji period vase made in hand-painted porcelain with typical Japanese Imari decoration, whose main characteristic is the use of underglaze cobalt blue glaze, combined with other glazes over the glaze, mainly iron red and gold. The more modern pieces will be somewhat more stereotyped, with a predominance of red, blue and gold instead of the broader palette of earlier periods, although the richness of the motifs is maintained. At the decorative level, the Imari is very free, with highly decorative compositions that occupy the entire space of the piece, combining different motifs and cartouches of various shapes, as we see here. There is no fixed scheme, different geometric patterns are mixed and combined with motifs inspired by nature.