Coffee Tea Service, Imari Japan Decor

Asian porcelain coffee service, Imari Japan decor. This service includes 1 jug, a milk jug, a sugar bowl with rounded bellies, a set of 12 cups and saucers. Rich polychrome imari decoration, floral decoration in reserves, enhanced with gilding. . We will appreciate the presence of the lids, the little wear (mainly on the gilding) and the good condition of the whole, note one of the cups has a slight crack, one saucer suffers from a chip (see photo) , the last saucer also has a crack visible from below. Mint mark in red on the pieces. Dimensions Jug H 16, L 22 Cm, Sugar bowl H12, L 17 cm, saucer Ø 11.5, cup L6.2* H4.2 cm This service presented as tea or coffee would seem better suited for coffee as the cups are rather small. Production at the beginning of the 20th century