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Fine Imaemon Studio Iro Nabeshima Cup and Saucer Set browse these categories for related items... All Items: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Porcelain: Pre 1980: item # 825532 Please refer to our stock # 2-849 when inquiring.
B & C Antiques P. O. Box 291 Derby, CT 06418 203-929-7312 Guest Book $195 for Set |
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This lovely Japanese iro Nabeshima porcelain cup and saucer set is hand painted in vivid colorful enamels on a pure white ground, with the mark of Imaizumi Imaemon painted in underglaze blue on the foot of each piece. We believe this set to be from the studio of either Imaemon XII (1897-1975) or early Imaemon XIII (1926-2001), which would date it to mid-20th century. Both the cup and saucer are decorated with mandarin oranges and leaves (“tachibana”). In Japan, the tachibana is admired for its evergreen leaves, fragrance, and its fruiting and flowering at the same time. It became a favorite theme of classical court poetry, a popular family crest, and a general-purpose design motif. The undecorated reverse side of the saucer has three underglaze blue rings surrounding the foot. Both the cup and saucer bear the blue Imaemon mark. The Nabeshima family kilns were founded in 1660. They produced wares to be used by the feudal lord Nabeshima as presentation pieces for the shogun or other feudal lords, and as a result, the wares were of extremely fine quality. Secrets of manufacture were closely guarded. During the Meiji period, Nabeshima wares were allowed to be sold outside the “family.” The Imaizumi family of decorators, who worked at the Nabeshima kilns from the beginning, has continued to carry on the Nabeshima tradition. Imaizumi Imaemon gradated from Tokyo University of Art before becoming the thirteenth Imaemon in 1975, and he was designated a “Living National Treasure” in 1989. The iro Nabeshima (colored Nabeshima) style was registered as an important cultural property In 1971. Nabeshima wares produced to this day are of uniformly superior quality in materials, shape, painting and glazing. These wares are of the finest quality and are decorated in refined taste – technically, almost equal to the old specimens. CONDITION is excellent. DIMENSIONS: Cup: 3” (7.6 cm) diameter at top, 3” (7.6 cm) high. Saucer: 5” (12.7 cm) diameter, 1” (2.5 cm) high. |
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