Large Antique Japanese Fukagawa Imari Lidded Temple Jar Meiji Period (A/F) Wedgwood Fine English pottery and porcelain

Fine English pottery and porcelain

Unlike modern reproductions

The gilded outer edge is finished with a repeated block or tooth border

At the centre is a stylised oriental dragon coiled among green cloud scrolls

The raised ornament is highlighted by a slightly deeper pooling of glaze which helps to accentuate the relief when the piece is displayed under light

Large Antique Japanese Fukagawa Imari Lidded Temple Jar Meiji Period (A/F) Wedgwood Fine English pottery and porcelainA large and impressive Japanese Imari temple ginger jar and cover, Meiji period, c. 1880 1910, attributed to the Fukagawa works on the basis of the distinctive blue Mt Fuji style mark to the interior of the base. The jar is of substantial baluster form, surmounted by a pomegranate form finial to the domed cover. The decoration is densely worked: an all over peony and trailing foliate pattern on an underglaze blue ground, enriched with iron red and