Japanese Imari Perfume Bottle Decanter, Early Meiji Era, Antique 19th C

Porcelain : Antique : Japanese Imari

 

This is a rare form to find in Imari porcelain. It is early Meiji period and dates c. 1840. The bottle is 4-3/4" high, 3-3/4" wide and 2-3/4" deep. It is heavy and sturdy, weighing in at over 1 pound.

The condition is very good. The end of the stopper has some shallow chips. One of the corners of the top of the stopper has a small vertical chip. There is a small flake on the enamel of one of the flower petals at the top border of the wide side. There are 3 original (in the making) small firing cracks on the base. All these small flaws are shown in the photos.

Unmarked. The archaic looking writing in the reserves may be simply decoration.

For another example of this bottle, just google the name "Zoshuntei". On a web site on imari, you will see this bottle (identical form, different decoration).

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Item ID: 12526