I am unable to lower the price. However, if you purchase this item with another item, I will discount the price by the amount of the combined shipping cost. Please feel free to comment. The following is an AI-generated summary (may contain errors): A beautiful deep dish, approximately 22cm in diameter, with a blue and white floral pattern. - Color: Blue and white floral pattern - Size: Approximately 24cm in diameter Thank you for viewing. This is a large Imari ware (Arita ware) plate featuring sometsuke (blue and white underglaze) painted in indigo (gosu). Imari ware is porcelain made in Arita, Saga Prefecture, and its surrounding areas during the Edo period. It is characterized by its translucent white porcelain and sometsuke painted with indigo pigments. These were valuable items made for the upper classes of the time and were also symbols of wealth and power that adorned European castles. Similar "Ko-Imari (Old Imari) large plates" are traded on online auctions. It is believed to be a ceramic plate of **Imari ware**. Imari ware is porcelain manufactured mainly in Imari City, Saga Prefecture, which flourished as a shipping port for Hizen ceramics during the Edo period. Features: It is lightweight, hard, durable, and characterized by its beautiful white porcelain. Often, blue sometsuke or colored paintings in red and gold are applied to the white porcelain. History: It was called "Imari ware" because it was shipped from Imari Port at the time, but nowadays, those made in Arita Town, Saga Prefecture, are sometimes called "Arita ware," and those made in Imari City are called "Imari ware." Styles: There are various expression techniques and styles, such as Ko-Imari, Kakiemon, Kinrande, and Nabeshima.