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    Posted 4 years ago

    kwqd
    (1184 items)

    This Japanese Genemon teapot is 4" high x 6.5" diameter and the cups are 2.75" high including lids. Every piece is hand signed, except for the body of the tea pot. Sadly, its tomobako has vanished. I am certain it must have had a tomobako, at some point, as it is a very fine set. As with all Genemon pottery, it was hand painted. This is in a style I have not seen before, which appears to have had a design traced in the blue glaze. Lots going on here, with several techniques used.

    I have been looking at this one on ebay for several months and it has gone on and off of my watch list at least three times, as I really don't need another tea set and they are hard to store if there is no tomobako. I removed it again about three weeks ago. It was a really fine set and very inexpensive, however, and I was really tempted by it. A few days ago, I tried to find it again, but could not, so assumed it had been sold or withdrawn from auction. I was browsing some other pottery and this morning there it was again. I took an even closer look at it today and finally realized that it has the Genemon mark, though it is a bit sloppy. Duh. I don't know why I had not noticed that before so snapped it up as soon as that sank in. I have not been able to identify who the potter was from the upper two characters, though I know who it is not.... Will update with better images when it arrives. Calling it a mystery until I identify the potter.

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    Comments

    1. kwqd kwqd, 4 years ago
      Thanks for taking a look Watchsearcher and Thomas!
    2. kwqd kwqd, 4 years ago
      Thanks aura, Kevin and Jenni!
    3. kwqd kwqd, 4 years ago
      Thank you fortapache!
    4. kwqd kwqd, 4 years ago
      Thanks for taking a look at my tea set Blammoammo!
    5. racer4four racer4four, 4 years ago
      Yeah nice, glad you succumbed!
      I'm hearing you about the on watch list/off watch list game :)))
    6. kwqd kwqd, 4 years ago
      Thanks for your comment, Karen! At first glance the colors are a bit gaudy and off putting but a closer look shows the balance to the pieces in the set.

      Thanks iggy and Karen!
    7. kwqd kwqd, 4 years ago
      Thank you MarmorealMaiden!
    8. kwqd kwqd, 4 years ago
      Thanks for loving my new tea set plein-air-painter and blunderbuss2!
    9. kwqd kwqd, 4 years ago
      Thanks for your comments, Eileen! I have had the watch list experience, too. A new twist, sellers can tell when you just view an item, not watch list it, and I have gotten many offers from just looking at an item. That seems to be a fairly recent development, over the past few months.

      Genemon is my favorite Japanese kiln. Their pottery has a silky feel to it and they only hand paint their pottery. It is super high quality.
    10. kwqd kwqd, 4 years ago
      Thanks for loving my Genemon tea set Eileen!
    11. kwqd kwqd, 3 years ago
      Thanks vcal!

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