Japanese Kutani Vase of Water Dropper form, circa 1880

£35.00

LOT NUMBER 6

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LOT NUMBER 6

Japanese Kutani Vase of Water Dropper form, circa 1880

A small Japanese Kutani vase of globular form with a narrow straight neck, decorated in the typical colourings of iron red, grisaille, salmon pink and gold with a continuous scene of flowering peony below stylised clouds, the neck in iron red with gilt highlighting also depicting stylised clouds. The base with three simple bands in iron red and the base with a two character mark reading 'Ku' 'Tani'.

Kutani (the word means 'nine valleys') porcelain was made at various factories in the former Kaga province of Japan. The earliest pieces were in a completely different style employing a palette of colours emphasising green, the so called 'Ko Kutani'. Production of this ceased around 1730, and manufacturing was not revived until the early nineteenth century when the more familiar colourings of iron red and gold were introduced. This small vase is typical of pieces exported to the West in fairly large quantities at the end of the nineteenth century. The form suggests a water dropper and is found in Imari colourings as well. Many of the Kutani pieces were marked, sometimes simply 'Ku' 'Tani' as here. The glaze was sometimes unstable with a tendency to craze as can be seen here, but this is original to the manufacture and does not detract from the piece's decorative appeal.

Size: Ht 14cm, Width (max) 7.5cm, Base diam 5.3cm
Weight: 145gm
Date: 1880
Condition: Very good condition
Price: £35

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