Antique Japanese Imari Sometsuke Blue White Porcelain Bowl Kiku Hanazume Late Edo 19th 8"W Byoubu noted for its glowing deep

noted for its glowing deep red-brown lacquer finish produced through a combination of persimmon tannin (柿渋 kakishibu) and traditional vermilion (cinnabar) pigment (朱漆 shu-urushi) techniques

Decoration: Intricate gold enamel arabesque border with multi-colored crestwork (red

the slight relief of the woven structure catching the light differently at each angle

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Antique Japanese Imari Sometsuke Blue White Porcelain Bowl Kiku Hanazume Late Edo 19th 8"W Byoubu noted for its glowing deepJapanese Imari blue and white porcelain bowl, allover kiku hanazume interior with karakusa rim band, landscape exterior, late Edo period Japan, Arita; late Edo period, c. 1840s1860s A striking Imari sometsuke () bowl decorated in the kiku hanazume () manner, the entire interior surface packed with large chrysanthemum heads rendered in fine, densely ruled radiating petal lines on a deep cobalt ground a treatment that reverses the usual figure ground