Collectable Vintage Japanese Imari Style Display Plate Art & Craft 6 x Tea Plates

6 x Tea Plates

Height of bottle: 3 cm

this vintage item is a fine porcelain tea pot in the classical shape

The salt pot is stamped underneath Kent Plate EPNS A1 Reg no 899433 and the spoon is handle stamped Sipelia

Collectable Vintage Japanese Imari Style Display Plate Art & Craft 6 x Tea PlatesDuring the 17th and early 18th century Japanese porcelain became increasingly popular in Europe and significant amounts of Japanese porcelain was exported to Western countries, mostly by the Dutch East India Company. Japan opened trading to Europe and America at the start of the Meiji period (1868 1913). During this period the Japanese porcelain industry centered around the city of Arita. The largest nearby port was called Imari, through which