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Subject:Chinese or Japanese Planter
Posted By: Shelley Leonard Wed, May 20, 2015 IP: 70.199.137.166 I am trying to find out something about this pot, its mark, age, purpose, and is it Chinese? Thank you for any help 
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Subject:Re: Chinese or Japanese Planter
Posted By: Guy Thu, May 21, 2015 It's Japanese - the mark reads 'Ishimitsu'. Found two other similar items at Japanese online auctions, both with a blue and white decoration, signed by this maker. Both sellers refer to Imari ware but no date is given. I presume Meiji or Taisho period.
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Subject:Re: Chinese or Japanese Planter
Posted By: rat Thu, May 21, 2015 I'm no ceramics expert but its form suggests a Korean origin to me, cf:
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Subject:Re: Chinese or Japanese Planter
Posted By: Bill H Thu, May 21, 2015 This signature has popped up here on pottery in the past (link), with a more or less empirical judgment that the piece was Japanese and the mark is the surname Ishimitsu. Perhaps other current contributors on Japanese topics could weigh in.
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( China & Japan ) - Shelley Leonard - May 20, 2015 (02:23 PM) 
