Imari ware for export, sometsuke (blue and white) deep dish with a cityscape design, Meiji period This is a design and color that would surely please European nobility. - Design: Blue and white Chinese-style landscape painting - Shape: Deep dish - Material: Porcelain - Decoration: Motifs of birds and buildings - Color: Blue and white Thank you for viewing. Type... Medium plate Pottery... Imari ware/Arita ware Dimensions (approx.) Diameter: 19.0 cm Height: 3.5 cm Base diameter: 9.5 cm (The plate stand for photography is not included) In the fourth photo, there is a chip (width: approx. 1.0 cm) on the foot. Because of this, it is a valuable piece that remained in Japan, a twist of fate. The beautiful blue and painting style are reminiscent of Chinese "blue and white" porcelain, but because "JAPAN" is written inside the foot, it is a sometsuke dish for export. The vivid sometsuke depicts castles and bird motifs on a pure white, high-quality porcelain body.