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Subject:Imari Dish - Unknown mark & period - ver. 2
Posted By: Dennis Sun, Oct 01, 2017 IP: 185.137.18.175

Hi,

I'm wondering if this dish (dia: 21cm) could be a late Edo or rather an early Meiji?
I have not been able to find any info on the blue center mark / possibly the red mark (from another piece) might be an identical one (likely newer - seems a stamp to me).

Any info would be appreciated :-)


Subject:Re: Imari Dish - Unknown mark & period - ver. 2
Posted By: Dennis Thu, Oct 12, 2017

I might have found some info on this. Based on the following mark (1920s-1930s, made for export to France & Philippines):



which seems a somewhat ident. mark which would read "Ishiyama - 石山"

Quote from the net: "The name Ishiyama means “Stone Mountain,” and indeed porcelain stone is quarried in the mountains nearby. The stone is of a very high quality, and seventy percent of Japanese ceramics makers, including the renowned Arita-Yaki, Seto-Yaki and others, use it in their production. Gosoku-no-Kutsu is furnished with various plates, basins and ornaments made by local potters using this stone."

Any info would be appreciated :-)

Subject:Re: Imari Dish - Unknown mark & period - ver. 2
Posted By: Martin Michels Fri, Oct 13, 2017

Dennis,

In your case the characters are written different: 山石, so Yamaishi, which is possible.
I rather think that it's only 1 character: Iwa 岩 (meaning: rock). I've included a picture from my marks database where I cataloged it as "Iwa".
Both are marks from Imari plates Meiji Era.
I've no further information about this mark.
Regards,
Martin.



Subject:Re: Imari Dish - Unknown mark & period - ver. 2
Posted By: Dennis Mon, Oct 23, 2017

Thanks for the info Martin and for the images you display there. I'm going to assume if there is a blue version and a red version of the same mark - the blue one is likely the older one!
This dish is probably pre 1880 and likely not earlier than 1860.


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