An antique Japanese porcelain tea jar with lid. It is decorated with diagonal linear decoration in under glaze blue, overglaze red and gold. On the side are two blossoming wild rose flowers and a rosebud to the far right. On the top of the lid is a butterfly that is the center of the linear decoration. The design is distinctly Imari from the Fukagawa Koran Sha Factory, though the piece is unmarked.
Condition is excellent, no damage or repairs.
A beautiful piece of Imari porcelain. This container or jardiniere is decorated with painted enamel white flowers over a finely crackled yellow glazed earthenware body. The piece is wheel thrown, dating from the 1920s. There is a makers mark impressed within a circle on the base. It is in excellent condition, no damage, cracks or repairs, with some slight wear to the gold from age and flaking to the cold painted red.