Featured Imari Bowl with Phoenix?

I just can't get enough of these Imari bowls, folks.

Found this today and am teetering between vintage and antique. Too bad about the chips.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thx.

 

Agree with your assessment, looks inter-war period, probably pre 1930

 

Hi Have you tried to find japanese 'Fukagawa' Imari.Of all the japanese
Imari, the 19th century (red orchid mark) Imari is outstanding. I have never found a better example of Japanese Imari.

I have a 19th century vase from Fukagawa and it is incredible.

 

Yes, I had (and sold) a Fukagawa bowl; it wasn't that valuable though. As for your vase, I would love to see it. Care to share a few pics?

 

I've been selling a bit more porcelain lately, and most buyers seem to bite more when presented dates. So here's how I compute your comment:

• A: Made during Japan's Interwar Period (1918-1941)
• B: <1930

Considering A & B, 1918-1929

If 1918-1922, a true antique (100 or more years old)
If 1923-1929, early vintage

Thanks for your opinion.

 

I Would be delighted too, in fact I have a few fukagawa.

 

The red orchid on the first Vase is the late 19th Century Fukagawa from 1880 on, and the blue orchid on the small dish at the end was used in the 1880's, 1930's and 1940's. I would say it is 1930-1940; and then the bowl with the Mt fiji mark, the mt fiji mark has been used from the turn of the 20th century, and then spordaically in different forms and with diffferent accompanying symbols through the years to modern day. This is always the one that has to be scrutinised. In fact it is easier to determine age of the item by pattern and style along with the mark.

The 'orchid' mark is the fukagawa- Koransha Factory and the 'Mt fiji' mark with the seiji script is the fukagawa-seiji factory.Koransha also used the Mt fiji mark.

19th century red orchid Imari







this bowl possibly Mid century to modern with the FUKAGAWA SEIJI Mark




Blue orchid possibly 1930-1940

 

My pictures are not great and do no do justice to the Imari Vase which is so much more beautiful in real life, So i took a fukagawa koransha imari vase 19th century with the red orchid mark from the internet.

To try show the quality they have

 

Really nice! That bowl with the fish inside my favorite. Seems to have the illusion of movement, and he's even got that nervous fish looking up at a possible predator eyeballing going on. Thx for sharing!