Make offer antique japanese satsuma ware pottery vase with intricate patterns figures.
Satsuma ceramics japan.
Satsuma pottery is the western name for very collectable type of japanese earthenware exported throughout the world since the japanese meiji period 1868 1912.
Pair of signed japanese satsuma vases cobalt blue w mirror image panels 1890 s.
After that pottery made by the tateno school was used as a gift or an offering to a federal load and the pottery got supports from the satsuma clan.
Vintage large 12 satsuma vase japan peacocks floral gold marked.
Japanese sources suggest the satsuma pottery tradition dates from the 17thc but firm.
Vintage pair of satsuma vases nice quality decoration 20th century.
Satsuma is a style of japanese earthenware that was produced in satsuma osaka kyoto kobe kagoshima and tokyo.
A typical piece of satsuma will be of a yellow complexion and usually decorated with intricate and minute japanese figures landscapes and even dragons.
Antique japanese satsuma ware pottery vase with intricate patterns figures.
The original plain dark clay early satsuma 古薩摩 ko satsuma made in satsuma from around 1600 and the elaborately decorated export satsuma 京薩摩 kyō satsuma ivory bodied pieces which began to be produced.
Satsuma pottery was made in or around kagoshima in kyushu japan in the later part of the 19th century through to the early 1920 s in satsuma in southern japan.
Word of satsuma masterworks spread to the west and japanese ceramics and porcelain became sought after luxuries throughout america and europe.
Generic satsuma marks refer to marks added to a japanese ceramic piece to indicate a style in general instead being the name of a specific company studio or any individual artist.
Expanding the market for japanese pottery.
Satsuma vases often come in pairs and are elaborately decorated with gold leaf and crackled glaze.
Satsuma vases generally depict japanese themes including scenes of court life legends and artistic.
At the beginning of meiji era ca.
Satsuma or satsuma yaki generic marks.
Antique japanese porcelain satsuma vase floral painted 8 tall.
It is named after the satsuma provinces but was made in many parts of japan notably in kyoto.