Antique Japanese Arita Imari Porcelain Landscape Bowl, Hand-Painted, c.1900

A charming antique Japanese Arita Imari porcelain bowl, dating to around 1900, during the late Meiji to early Taishō period. The bowl is finely hand-painted with a colourful landscape scene featuring birds, flowers, stylised garden elements, and fan-shaped decorative reserves, framed by a blue geometric border.

The palette combines classic Imari tones of underglaze blue with iron red, green, orange and soft enamel highlights. The interior scene has a pleasing narrative quality, with birds in flight, flowering plants, distant hills and traditional Japanese decorative motifs. Compact and attractive, this bowl is ideal for cabinet display or as part of a curated Japanese porcelain collection.

Details:

Origin: Japan

Ware: Arita / Imari porcelain

Date: c.1900

Period: Late Meiji to early Taishō

Material: Porcelain

Dimensions: 24 cm diameter; 9 cm high

Decoration: Hand-painted landscape scene with birds, flowers, fan-shaped reserves and blue geometric border

Colour palette: Underglaze blue with iron red, green, orange and enamel detail

Condition:

Good antique condition, with one tight rim hairline and a tiny glaze flake visible on close inspection. Minor kiln speckling and light age-related surface wear are present, consistent with age and manufacture. Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description.

Historical & Collector Context:

Arita was one of Japan’s most important porcelain-producing centres, while “Imari” refers to the port from which many Arita wares were historically shipped. From the 17th century onward, Imari porcelain became highly admired in Japan and abroad, especially for its rich use of blue, red and enamel colours. Imari ware was exported widely from the mid-17th century and gained strong popularity in Europe and Asia.

By the late Meiji period, Japanese kilns continued to produce attractive hand-painted Arita and Imari wares for domestic use and export. This bowl reflects that tradition, combining decorative landscape painting with the strong colour contrasts associated with Imari-style porcelain.

Although it has a small rim hairline, the bowl remains a decorative and collectable example of Japanese Arita Imari porcelain, with appealing hand-painted detail and strong period character.

A lovely antique Japanese Arita Imari bowl, rich in colour and decorative charm, ideal for display or for collectors of Japanese porcelain.