Posted 4 years ago
kwqd
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This winged horse nabeshiki (trivet) is 5.25" in diameter x .75" high. It weighs 9.9 ounces and has a maker's mark and label on back. I purchased this directly from an antique dealer in Japan. They described it as a "Nabeshiki Vintage Signed Nanbu Ironware Pegasus". Later, I found another Japanese seller in Iwate Prefecture, Japan who told me it was made by an Iwate foundry named Bunshudou. It shows a lot of age and wear, but I do not know, and cannot guess, how old it is. The label may be a clue, but I have not been able to decipher it. It appears to have a pair of peacocks on it, though. This is one of a pair of apparently very old trivets I purchased from this dealer. From the seller's images I wasn't sure if this piece was old or just artificially aged to look old but, once I examined it in person, I became convinced that it is old.
Winged horses are part of Japanese and Chinese myth, but I don't know if that or the Greek Pegasus myth were the inspiration for this trivet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus
https://www.booniehicks.com/nanbu-tekki/
https://kogeijapan.com/locale/en_US/nambutekki/
Fabulous winged horse trivet, it is so beautifully detailed
Thanks for your comment, Jenni! The cast maker did a great job!
Thanks for loving my winged horse trivet Kevin, Vynil33rpm and Jenni!
Thanks fortapache, aura and dav2no1!
The label looks Taisho/early Showa era to me.
Love the horse.
Thanks for the information, Karen! I don't have a clue! Yeah, I agree, great horse!
Thanks for loving my winged horse trivet jscott0363, blunderbuss2, Thomas and Karen!
Thank you Watchsearcher!
I am glad that you enjoyed this post Eileen!
Thanks, vcal!
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Thanks Watchsearcher!