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Imari ware bowl, stormy seascape design in overglaze enamel, Edo period, 17th–18th century. Imari ware (Japanese: 伊万里焼, Hepburn: Imari-yaki) is a Western term for a brightly-coloured style of Arita ware (有田焼, Arita-yaki) Japanese export porcelain made in the area of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū.
Chinese potters copied the popular Japanese Imari porcelains, which continued to be made for export into the second half of the 18th century, [17] examples being recovered as part of the Nanjing cargo from the shipwreck of the Geldermalsen. [18] Qing export porcelain with European Christian scene, 1725–1735
Sakaida Kakiemon is said to have learned the enamel porcelain technique from a Chinese artisan in Nagasaki in 1643. [2] He was the first in Japan to practice overglaze enameling (applying enamel on top of the glazing), a technique developed in China during the Kangxi era of the Qing dynasty . [ 2 ]
It was also an influence on Dutch Delft pottery and Chinese export porcelain. [8] Exports to Europe of Japanese Kakiemon porcelain, and all other types, stopped in the mid-18th century when China resumed export to Europe. Since both Kakiemon and Imari styles were already so popular among Europeans, Chinese export porcelain copied both styles. [9]
Chinese export porcelain made for European markets was a well-developed trade before Japanese production of porcelain even began, but the Japanese kilns were able to take a significant share of the market from the 1640s, when the wars of the transition between the Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty disrupted production of the Jingdezhen porcelain that made up the bulk of production for Europe ...
In 2004 the Museum incorporated Aldo Marcenaro's artworks in its collection to mark the 20th anniversary of opening to the public. Aldo Marcenaro (1931–2011) was a professor at the San Martino Hospital of Genova and was a collector specializing in ceramics from the 18th century. The foremost segment among the 24 artworks included original ...
The type called kin-rande was especially popular and is therefore known in the West also as Imari ware (伊万里焼, Imari-yaki). This typically is decorated in underglaze blue, then with red, gold, black for outlines, and sometimes other colours, added in overglaze. In the most characteristic floral designs most of the surface is coloured ...
Moon flask (right) in famille rose, Jingdezhen porcelain, Yongzheng reign (1723–1735). Famille jaune, noire, rose, verte are terms used in the West to classify Chinese porcelain of the Qing dynasty by the dominant colour of its enamel palette.