This masterwork celebrates genuine Edo-period provenance and high-end artistic restoration. Old Imari (Ko-Imari) porcelain, produced from the 17th to 19th centuries in the Arita region and exported worldwide via Imari port, was historically prized by European royalty and Japanese nobility for its master-level cobalt blue underglaze (sometsuke) and expressive hand-painted brushwork. This one-of-a-kind piece unifies authentic historic fragments through the rare art of yobitsugi ("calling together"), where a dramatic, sculpted river of gold joins two contrasting antique narratives—a deep indigo wave border with dense botanical motifs on one side, and delicate, open-space flora on the other. By pairing centuries of museum-grade ceramic heritage with bold modern joinery, this extraordinary vessel transforms broken history into an irreplaceable art investment.
Method: Yobitsugi
Size: Diameter 8.3 inches 210mm / Height 1.6 inches 40mm
Manufacturing Period of Original Item: Edo Period
