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Hello experts. I just purchased a large lot of old Asian porcelain. I have 3 chargers that I'd love to get info. on such as age and origin. The third one here is 14 5/8" with bats on the front and dozens of old pitted iron spots.
Thank you for any help.
Jeanne

It is Japanese Imari. Probably 19th century.

Thank you so much!

Iron spots, whether pitted or not, are due to imperfect preparation of body or glaze. The mineral imperfections react to kiln heating and cooling differently from the rest of the material. They might "spit" during the firing cycle, producing the pits.

This appearance was not produced due to ageing of the piece. Look up "levigation" in dictionary or encyclopedia.

Thank you for that info.

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