This photo shows the "Iroe tori maku sakura botan mon wa-tsunagi sukashi-zara" porcelain bowl kept at the Imari Nabeshima Gallery. (Photo courtesy of the Imari Municipal Board of Education) SAGA -- ...

This Japanese bowl, below and right, is an example of what’s known as Imari porcelain. Imari was the name of the port in Japan through which porcelain made in nearby Arita was exported to the West ...

Porcelain plates are on display at Jingyan: Chinese and Japanese Imari Porcelain from the Qing Dynasty in the Chengdu Museum on July 4 in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province. The exhibition, ...

Q: I have packed away china. I have been told it is Gaudy Ironstone. I cannot find anything like it on the Internet. I have many large serving pieces. I also have plates in two sizes, maybe 30 plates.

Imari porcelain, produced in Arita, Saga Prefecture, has attracted collectors across the world for centuries and is particularly well-known for its sometsuke blue-and-white designs. This exhibition ...

Japan's porcelain industry was kickstarted by events that shook the country 400 years ago. Andrew Lee visited Saga Prefecture ...