Antique Japanese c1900 Meiji Era Ceramic Imari Plate Pine Cranes & Mt Fuji 8.5" Chawan This bowl measures 6 1/2"

This bowl measures 6 1/2" in diameter by 2" tall (16

Saikan no Sanyu (歳寒三友) or Three Friends of Winter

birds and people in the motif

This tsuba is made with typical forged steel and is in the shape of a mokogata

Antique Japanese c1900 Meiji Era Ceramic Imari Plate Pine Cranes & Mt Fuji 8.5" Chawan This bowl measures 6 1/2"This is an antique late Meiji Era (c. 1900) Japanese Imari ceramic plate with a transfer print design of Mt. Fuji with a sculptured pine tree in the foreground and cranes flying above. The combination of cranes and pine are a symbol of strength and longevity in Japan. This dish has a brown scalloped edge typical of a popular production design of the late Meiji era. It measures 8 1 2" in diameter by 1 1 4" tall (21. 5 x 3 cm). Having been in storage