A Chinese Imari-style Charger with an Artimesia mark early 18th Century

  

Dish on footring, spreading flat rim. Imari, decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red, and gold.

In the centre a roundel with a flower vase filled with flowering branches and four roundels surrounded by an upturned leaf shape-pattern border. On the sides and rim dense leafy scrolls in underglaze blue and iron-red with four large, shaped panels alternating with four small, shaped panels all filled with flower sprays. On the base the symbol mark, Artemisia leaf, in a double circle, underglaze blue. This item is in great all round condition considering its age with no chips or cracks.. There is some slight glaze loss to the front which has either occurred during firing or down the years..

Please pay particular attention to the last 4 pictures!