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Japanese Studio Porcelain Plate by Senpoen browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Porcelain: Pre 1910: item # 809775 Please refer to our stock # 2-823 when inquiring.
B & C Antiques P. O. Box 291 Derby, CT 06418 203-929-7312 Guest Book SOLD |
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The soft hand painting on this fine Japanese sometsuke (underglazed blue and white) studio porcelain dish depicts an almost ethereal view of bamboo stalks beneath a huge full moon. Meiji period, ca. 1900-1910. On the reverse there is a four-character signature in underglaze blue that reads “Senpoen sei” (made by Senpoen), a porcelain manufacturer in Gifu City. The bamboo stalks and leaves are finely rendered in soft, freely drawn underglaze blue on a clear white ground. The subtle background shading moves up from a milky white and subtly changes to a lighter and then somewhat darker shade of blue, contrasting wonderfully with the bright white moon behind the bamboo leaves. A diapered floral border encircles the rim. The reverse has no decoration, with the exception of a double blue line encircling the unglazed foot and the four-character Senpoen mark in the center of the back. The low foot rim is unglazed, showing a very pure, fine-grained and high-quality white porcelain clay. CONDITION is excellent. DIMENSIONS: 7 ¼” (18.5 cm) diameter, 1 1/8” (2.8 cm) high. |
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