Antique Japanese Koimari Imari Plate Plum Blossom Nightingale Kozara Gold PY370 donburi and red lines

and red lines

Crane and the sunrise picture is congratulatory and auspicious meaning

Blue rust inside

Wooden boxes are a common method of safely keeping and storing delicate pottery

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Antique Japanese Koimari Imari Plate Plum Blossom Nightingale Kozara Gold PY370 donburi and red linesAntique Japanese Koimari Imari Porcelain Plate Sara This is an antique side plate (small plate) made in Japan. Plum blossoms and a nightingale (Uguisu) are drawn on the plate, and they are traced in gold. This design is called Imari Ume. Some distortion is seen in the plate. Because it used firewood instead of gas or electricity like today, the temperature was unstable and it was easy to warp. There are little spots and dust marks (goma) you can see