Posted 2 months ago
krysciobrad
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Hopefully the oldest piece I found at the estate. The marking is a “Koto” mark from a kiln in Hikone on the shores of Lake Biwa. This kiln started in 1829, and in 1842 fell under the protection of the Hikone clan as a clan operated kiln and its size and styles/techniques were expanded. Li Naosuke the 13th lord of the clan was eager to start producing ceramics. He invited artists from all over Japan and summoned painters such as Kosai and Meiho from Kyoto. However Li was killed by assassins outside of the Sakurada Gate in 1860, and therefore Kotowares lost the protection of the Hikone Clan. From then it was a privately owned kiln, known as the Yamaguchi kiln, and continued in operation until the 1895. I would like to date this piece between late Edo around 1850. Akae style with red and gold colors. This vase has wonderful pierced handles and chased/incised floral neck section. Stands at 10” tall, 6 1/2” wide and has a 4 1/2” rim. Some crackling in the glaze but no major cracks, chips, or repairs. Kind of looks like a landscape of Lake Biwa with Mount Ibuki in the background.
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good information , and a very nice piece , very rare, a bit strange way of reasoning
The fact that you fixate a underparameter namely tot the period the edo let,s say akakutani ( let,s say the entrance apparance of the aka-e is , right does not lead to the conclusion that is made around 1850 ), actually because the spread is also defined by the upper parameter ( 1895)
well there is not much to sample but the way the possibilties of this marks appears and this very well quality makes it highly likely, most of the times you assess in a way what you want want to see, just do the boring homework
very nice piece congrats well done
by the why does 750 appears , ever asked the quesion why possible batching ain,t in kanji
and the former excellent plates , why the reverse rotationmarks this way , this ( just do the homework)
@apostata , im not sure what those numbers are on the bottoms. I’ve bought numerous pieces from this estate and a good deal of them have these numbers in this red colored font. A price? Some sort of catalog or collection number?
Apostata I say 1850 as a placeholder. I’ve stumbled upon an old catalogue from 1901 from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Catalogue of Japanese Pottery by Edward S. Morse. It’s dated but very informative.
well you, are doing ,fine who am i to judge, butt sooner or later you have to decide for bigger amounts , you need a more logical approach , a more flowchart approach that,s all