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Japanese Kutani Yaguchi Eiju Studio Porcelain Plate browse these categories for related items... All Items: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Porcelain: Pre 1950: item # 862956 Please refer to our stock # 2-832 when inquiring.
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This lovely foliate rimmed, relief edged deep dish is hand painted with butterflies and flowers in a traditional Kutani palette on a pure white ground. Early to mid-20th century. The base bears the underglaze blue four character mark “Kutani Eiju.” The three butterflies are done in underglaze blue with gold overglaze highlights. The blooming flowers are done entiredly in overglaze enamels of black, green, red and yellow. The uneven jagged-cut edge is a most unusual variation of the “rinka” (flower petal) style, and there are overlapping swirls molded in low relief along the rim. The simplicity of the design on such an unusual form is delicate and stunning. Kutani (which means 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 1904, Yaguchi Iwakichi (1870-1952) began the Eiju kiln, which produced high quality porcelain wares. His son, Yaguchi Eiju II continued the kiln, and it is still in operation today. CONDITION is very good, although there is one tiny chip on one of the projecting rim edges which is almost impossible to see given way this rim has been formed. DIMENSIONS: 7 ½” (19 cm) diameter, 2 ¼” (5.8 cm) deep. |
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