Preliminary identification
Photo reference
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Overview
This is a large Japanese underglaze blue porcelain charger featuring a serene Nanga-style mountainous landscape with pine trees, a sailing boat, and distant hills. The plate bears an artist inscription within the scene and an apocryphal six-character Ming Chenghua mark on the underside surrounded by spur marks.
Story
During the 19th century, Japanese potters embraced Literati landscape paintings (Nanga), blending Chinese classical mountain-and-water poetry with the brilliant cobalt blues of Hizen kilns.
Maker / Origin
Produced by master artisans in the Arita potting district of Hizen Province. The face is inscribed '春山嶺画' (painted by Shunzanrei/Haruyama), representing a named ceramic decorator working in the scholar-painter tradition, while honoring earlier Chinese pottery through an apocryphal Chenghua mark.
Condition & Value
Displays expected kiln imperfections, spur marks on the base, and noticeable glaze fritting/roughness along sections of the outer rim edge. The decoration remains clear and well-preserved; the rim wear modestly softens collector value.
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Comparable demand stays strongest where maker, originality, and venue confidence line up. Broader examples still trade, but the range tightens quickly when provenance, condition, or selling lane fit is missing.
Best Venue
Specialty auction or a focused dealer with buyers already in this lane.
Signed example with light edge wear and original frame.
Comparable format with stronger provenance and cleaner surface.
Smaller related piece with visible craquelure and trimmed margins.
Period match with softer condition and weaker subject matter.
Close market lane comp with similar material and presentation.