Chinese Imari charger with brown band and gold scrolls around edge. Four orange, brown, blue and gold painted and enamelled clusters of flowers form border. Central decoration of a gold vase, brown and blue books and scrolls and gold, brown, and orange flowers all within an abstract blue fan-shaped border wrapped with red flower vine. Bottom edge has four abstract orange painted floral designs on border.
chargers (platters)
porcelain
enameling
painting (coating)
Chinese export
Imari
Charger
On tape on bottom (in Susan Norton's hand): ""Rupert Norton.""
Unknown
12 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Susan Norton
1990.1360
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