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Japanese Seto Porcelain Bowl, Kato Shubei II browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Porcelain: Pre 1900: item # 360824 Please refer to our stock # 2B-711 when inquiring.
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| This large elegant Japanese blue and white porcelain foliate rimmed bowl is signed by the Seto sometsuke master, Kato Shubei II (1848-1903). It is beautifully hand painted with a bright, freely drawn underglaze blue floral design on a clear, almost translucent, white ground. The high quality decoration incorporates the classic Japanese design of karakusa (scrolling vines or arabesques) and imperial flowers: the paulownia and kiku-mon chrysanthemum. An underglaze blue triangular shaped border encircles the scalloped rim which is molded in subtle low relief all around the edge. The exterior rim is decorated with three paulownia and karakusa sprays. Two blue lines surround the unglazed foot, within which is written the six character blue signature of Kato Shubei II. (See e-yakimono.net for this and other examples of Seto sometsuke masters’ signatures.) Since the beginning of the 19th century, sometsuke (underglazed blue and white porcelain) has played an important role in Seto’s long ceramic history. In 1807 Kato Tamikichi, who had spent years studying the various kilns in Hizen Province, including the Arita kilns, came to Seto and started the production of porcelain. He successfully produced high fired, cobalt blue and white decorated porcelain wares, known as “Seto-Sometsuke.” By the middle of the 19th century, many other famous potters had settled at the various Seto kilns, and high grade porcelains decorated with underglaze blue designs continued to be made. Kato Shubei II adopted his father’s name in 1877, when he became head of the family porcelain workshop in Seto. He produced items for export, especially to Britain and the U.S.A. Condition is perfect. Dimensions: 10” diameter, 2 ¼” high. | |||||||||||
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