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Set of Five Ko Kutani Revival Style Plates browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Stoneware: Pre 1900: item # 750455 Please refer to our stock # 2B-443 when inquiring.
B & C Antiques P. O. Box 291 Derby, CT 06418 203-929-7312 Guest Book $995 for Set of Five |
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Set of five 19th century Japanese Ko Kutani (Old Kutani) style ceramic plates in the revival style likely from the Yoshidaya kilns. Each plate is freely decorated in rich overglaze enamel colors of yellow, blue, green, red and aubergine depicting a characteristic Chinese figure in a landscape. Each plate has a “pie crust” raised edge with a diaper design within its border, the flat rim outlined in a reddish brown glaze (“beni ye”). This accentuates the thickness of the biscuit as well as furnishing a splendid color contrast to the design proper. There is crackling in the glaze on each plate to varying degrees. The back of each plate is decorated with five groups of two pine needles in overglaze iron red enamel surrounding three underglaze blue foot rings. In the center of each back there is a brush drawn seal reading “Fuku” in black washed over with green enamel. Kutani (“nine valleys”) is a small village in Kaga Province on the northwest coast of the main island of Japan with a long history of porcelain production. In 1823 the Yoshidaya Kilns were established at the site of an earlier Kutani kiln which had long since ceased production. Wares produced at this kiln were patterned after the Old Kutani wares and are known as Revival Kutani (“Saiko Kutani”) or as Yoshidaya wares (“Yoshidaya Yaki”). Many pieces produced by this kiln are very well potted with beautiful coloring, clearly showing a Chinese influence. CONDITION is excellent. DIMENSIONS: Each 5 ¾” (14.6 cm) diameter, 3/4" (2 cm) high. |
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