Antique Japanese c1900 Meiji Era Ceramic Imari Plate Phoenix & Floral 12" Plate or keyaki (zelkova)

or keyaki (zelkova)

constructed in bamboo and wood with a black and red lacquered finish throughout

This is an antique Japanese early Edo period 17th century (c

These weighted pin beds are used to stand flowers at the correct height and angle when arranging flowers in a vase they are heavy and stay at the bottom of a water filled vase

It is framed behind glass measuring 15 1/4" x 21 1/4"

Antique Japanese c1900 Meiji Era Ceramic Imari Plate Phoenix & Floral 12" Plate or keyaki (zelkova)This is an antique late Meiji Era (c. 1900) Japanese Imari ceramic plate with a transfer print design of two mythical Phoenix amid foliage done in deep cobalt blue. A very auspicious design symbolizing virtue and grace and the Yin and Yang. This dish has a brown scalloped edge typical of a popular production design of the late Meiji era. It measures 12" in diameter by 1 1 4" tall. Having been in storage or carefully on display for over 100 years, with