Yardsale find of the day - 13" Satsuma Moriage Lamp! | ||
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Posted 7 years ago
ho2cultcha
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i spotted this rushing by a yardsale in my vehicle and slammed on the breaks. i think it's from the 1920s/30s - Taisho period. i love the eyebrows! should i keep this as a lamp or convert it back to a vase? it's in very good condition.
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Oh I vote to leave it ! Very beautiful
thanks Manikin. 1 keep and 1 convert [on another site].
That's a great piece Ho2, look at the intensity of the artwork! Wow.
I think lamps distract from seeing the piece, particularly when it is so detailed. I vote with Mani.
thanks racer! i agree with you.
Lol!.. your description made me laugh..I could just! imaging it..fabulous buy..love it and personally I would..as it is already is a lamp base I would keep it as one, I can imagine it would just!! light up with the light shinning down on it....:-)
Wow great find keep it as it is
ha! thanks inky and master!
What a great find Ho2...once a lamp always a lamp though. A shame people back in the day didn't know any better than to drill away at these gorgeous pieces. :)
thanks mikelv! it's looking pretty good as a vase right now, but i still have all the parts to put it back together if i decide to do that.
this piece is Satsuma style, because it is porcelain instead of earthenware. it is wheel-thrown porcelain with hand-applied moriage. it's a very special piece from around 1930.
i just added another photo to another side of it.
Love this one!
thank you vintagelamp! i was wondering what you thought of this one.
I hope you don't mind. I'm going to ask one of our experts to take a look at this!
not at all Aaron. i look forward to hearing what he has to say. thanks.
Satsuma vase, Taisho period, circa 1920, in baluster shape with waisted neck decorated throughout with bright gilding and moriage enamel in deep but muted tones and depicting deity figures
Background:
Typical Satsumaware is a yellowish earthenware with detailed decoration of oriental landscapes, flowers, figures, expressive faces, warriors or sometimes dragons in relief. This ware was an export product designed in the mid to late 19th century to cater for the western export market and was at its height in the 1890's-1920's era when Japonism was a popular theme.
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hahaha I just thought to myself...hope there was no other glass in your car!!! It is very cool, very different and if your decor matches, it's already ready to be recreated as a lamp, why not?
Ho2, now I'm really laughing as I came this close to responding to the noob -__- here's why, you know how we shorten names many times right?!? Look at the shortened one I was thinking...LOL!!!!
thank you Aaron. Sandra Andracht is certain that it was made between 1930 and 1932, but i think it's a little bit earlier, myself.
shareurpassion - who's the noob? not sure what you are talking about. i can be a little slow sometimes!
excellent