A collection of 35 Japanese Imari plates 19th/20th century

with mouldes sides adn lobed rim, decorated in underglaze blue, iron red and enamels with birds and flowers

Overall in good condition, all with typical minor rubbing and losses to the painting, glazewear, scratching, some with minor chips to rims / foot rims, few with imperfections to glaze due to manufacturing process, some very dark blue glazed; one plate with larger (ca. 2 by 2cm.) burned in inclusion to the reverse.
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