Japanese Fukagawa Imari Bowl, signed, circa 1880
£380.00
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Japanese Fukagawa Imari Bowl, signed, circa 1880
A Japanese Imari Bowl of shallow lobed form, richly decorated in the Imari palette of underglaze blue, iron red and gold, the interior with a central circular panel with a vase containing peony and chrysanthemum within a blue ground border with gilt diaper work and small stylised floral panels and the sides with alternating shaped edge circular and oval panels filled with flowers and ho ho birds on a stylised floral red enamel and gilt ground, the exterior with circular floral panels in two sizes on a ground of stylised foliage, the base with a four character mark reading 'koransha' 'fuka' 'gawa' 'sei' ('Made by the koransha Fukagawa [factory]'.The Fukagawa kilns produced the best quality Imari items made in Japan in the late nineteenth century for export to the West. Their history starts with Ezaiemon Fukagawa who in 1856 became head of his family's porcelain business and in 1875 founded Koransha (The Company of the Scented Orchid) in Arita, Japan, to produce tableware for export. In 1894 the modern Fukagawa company was founded by Chuji Fukagawa, with the Fukagawa trade mark of Mount Fuji and a stream, as its trade mark. Dating here is within the Meiji period (1868 - 1912) probably around 1880. This conforms with the script mark used as opposed to the later symbol design.
| Size: | Diam 25cm, Ht 7cm, Base diam 13.8cm |
| Weight: | 1.04kg |
| Date: | 1880 |
| Condition: | Excellent good condition with no restoration and minimal wear to the gilding |
| Price: | £380 |
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