Description: Group of 9 red, white, and blue panel Japanese Imari porcelain serving dishes, 19th-early 20th century. a) Large round serving platter with central motif of chrysanthemums. 4-character mark inscribed on base, possibly Yamatoku mark from Saga prefecture. Dimensions are: 12 1/2 inches diameter; b) two large serving bowls, one with fluted sides and a 4 character mark, one with gilding. Dimensions are: the first bowl is 9 1/2 inches diameter and the second bowl is 8 1/2 inches diameter. c)Ttwo small, elliptical and rhomboid bowls. Dimensions are: the more ovalesque measures 6 1/2 inches long X 5 inches wide, and the squared bowl measures 6 1/2 inches long X 5 1/4 inches wide. d) 3 dinner-sized plates, two with scalloped edges, one of which has predominantly red glaze rather than the more even distribution of dark blue and red, the third, round-edged plate has less crisp sections and likely predates the other plates (early 19th century). Dimensions are: the first is 8 3/4 inches diameter, the second is 8 1/2 inches diameter, the third is 9 inches diameter. e) Bread plate, with red glaze predominant and the divisions less patchwork crisp, but rather