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Hello Bill H.! Could you tell me about this plate, please. I know it is Imari but how old and which county made.
Regards
Irene









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Hi Irene,

I'll give it my best shot, while reminding all that Japanese isn't my strong suit. Of course I'm not exactly sure what that would be anyway.

The stack of kanji on the right of the mark reads down as 'Hizen Arita' (a former prefecture and well known kiln locale), while my favorite online dictionary indicates the stack on the left may read: Hagemi Kousha Sei (Made by the Hagemi Industrial Company). Hopefully someone who really has a handle on nuances can fill in the fine details for both of us. Meanwhile my Google search found reference to the same mark in a cached Japanese language auction listing for porcelain dated July 2009.

Cheers,

Bill H.

Hello Irene,

You're asking Bill H. so I don't know if I'm alowed to write anything (:.
Well..... I do half of it and let the other half to Bill H. (still kidding)

Your plate is Japanese and is marked with "Hizen Arita" (right row) I'm pretty sure it isn't made before Meiji period but the lack of back decoration makes me also think it's made later on in 20th. ct. (post Meiji). Just my 2 cents.... Bill H.?

Regards,

Arjan

Thank you Bill H. and Arjan! Be my guest Arjan! I need your knowledge. This is all about it, isn't!:)
Regards
Irene



URL Title :Imari plate

Looks like at least a couple of Euros worth to me. :)
Bill H.

Oh, thank you Bill H.! I see some prosperity in here :) How much of couple of Euros exactly looks a like to you? :)
I didn't get any evaluation of age and price on this plate from the people who has a similar websites yet.

Regards
Irene



URL Title :Imari plate

Hi Irene,

I was only trying in jest to elevate the value of Arjan's 'two cents worth' to reflect recent inflationary pressures. Since I don't routinely collect Japanese porcelain plates, I'm a bad judge of their worth.

Good luck,

Bill H.

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