Imari ware
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Imari ware see Kyushu .
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Japanese Imari. (a short history of the porcelain)
Interior Design; 3/1/1985; Andacht, Sandra; 690 words
; ... Chinese to produce Imari. There are distinguishable variations between Japanese and Chinese Imari. The Japanese porcelain is heavier and grayer. Its glaze is thicker and can contain minute pin holes. Japanese Imari can show evidence of spur marks (caused by the supports used in the kiln). The blue hues ...
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Majority of Imari bears no marking
Chicago Sun-Times; 5/27/2001; Helaine Fendelman and Joe Rosson; 433 words
; ... supposedly was from Ireland, but proved to be Japanese Imari. I have been collecting Imari for several years now, but only the pieces clearly marked Imari. They are extremely hard to find, and I have noticed ... shows dealers are selling pieces advertised as Imari, but not marked accordingly. My ...
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Villa Terrace offers `Porcelain for Palaces' Japanese ceramic vases, bowls, tea pots and figures on display at unique imari exhibit
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/21/1997; JOY KRAUSE; 1065 words
; ... and Ralph Lupin, who began purchasing imari in the late 1950s. At the time, it was ... dismissed as insignificant Japanese export ware, McCord said. Although the porcelain ... remaining pieces of Chinese blue-and-white ware as models, and asked the Japanese to ... Shipments left Japan from a port called ...
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'IMARI' MARK SAYS PIECE IS 20TH-CENTURY.(AT HOME)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 6/2/2001; 332 words
; ... Helaine Fendelman and Joe Rosson Scripps Howard News Service Let's get the bad news over with right away. All pieces of porcelain that are marked with the word ''Imari'' in English are mid- to late-20th-century giftware ... they are ''hard to find'' because most of this ware still is in the ...
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IMARI REFLECTS A PLEASURE IN PATTERN
The Boston Globe; 11/23/1990; Margo Miller, Globe Staff; 1173 words
; ... parlor was photographed in 1912. How popular was Imari? So popular that many countries have made or ... to cut into the market by painting Japanese Imari patterns onto continental china forms for export to Europe. So popular was Imari in Victorian England that people bought whole ... still so popular that ...
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IMARI PIECE IS EXAMPLE OF 'BROCADE'.(AT HOME)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 3/2/2002; 336 words
; ... Fendelman and Joe Rosson Scripps Howard News Service The Japanese town of Arita ... nearby kilns were taken to the port of Imari to be shipped to the Western world ... West where they became known as ''Imari.'' But the plate shown here is from ... there are basically four kinds of Imari: ''Sometsuke'' ...
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Hirado porcelain of Japan.(history of porcelain production in Japan)
The Magazine Antiques; 3/1/2001; Singer, Robert T.; 2397 words
; ... These Arita ceramics (also known as Imari ware after the port from which they were ... were blue-and-white Koimari or Old Imari-style wares derived from Chinese and ... enameled ceramic known as Katiemon-style ware enameled in the akae-machi decorating workshops. This and Koimari ware comprised ...
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Turning Japanese.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 8/18/2007; 574 words
; ... looks east towards the origins of Imari porcelain This Japanese bowl, below ... is an example of what's known as Imari porcelain. Imari was the name of the port in Japan ... quantities were exported via the port of Imari, which duly gave its name to the ... they too produced porcelain in the ...
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East meets west in sale of porcelain
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 5/12/2007; 623 words
; Imari porcelain takes its name from the port town of Imari where it was exported to other parts of Japan and the rest ... before moving to full-time premises next month, is a large Imari charger from the early 1900s. The central roundel depicts ...
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WITH $1,500 TO SPEND: Shibui, in Santa Fe
Santa Fe Reporter; 2/4/2003; Anonymous; 615 words
; ... might choose between an antique Japanese Imari-ware platter, circa 1820, or, instead, one ... ornament of 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century Imari wares makes a marvelous contrast with ... Japan, such as raku and blue-and-white ware, parallel the spare elegance of the tea ceremony, then many Imari ...
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