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Title: Mat,, Ipcress need your assistance !! Imari ?? I can`t read this !!
Post by: mart on January 31, 2018, 04:15:15 PM

https://www.kovels.com/discussions/question/antique-japanese-jars-1892-part-ii-photograph-of-jar.html

Very pretty jars but out of my league !!  Help please !!

Title: Re: Mat,, Ipcress need your assistance !! Imari ?? I can`t read this !!
Post by: Mat on February 01, 2018, 02:48:30 AM

Hi, these are Satsuma jars with raised enamel decoration. You can see in the pictures that it is not Imari porcelain, but earthenware with a cream colored crackle glaze, which is typical for Satsuma. They were likely made in Kyoto-Awata. I would date them to around late Meiji, around 1910. The marks in the lids are most likely not a maker's mark. I cannot read all of it, but I see tha Kanji for left and right and numerals. Those markings can be found often on such pieces and are related to the production process (marks of the decorators)...

Title: Re: Mat,, Ipcress need your assistance !! Imari ?? I can`t read this !!
Post by: mart on February 01, 2018, 09:45:36 AM

Thanks mat !!  I debated ion satsuma or imari and evidently chose the wrong one!!  There were so many similar that it was hard to tell. And I am not used to this phone so guessing a lot. Gotta get a battery for computer wireless.

Title: Re: Mat,, Ipcress need your assistance !! Imari ?? I can`t read this !!
Post by: KC on February 01, 2018, 11:54:59 AM

Thanks Mat! Appreciate the detailed information!

Title: Re: Mat,, Ipcress need your assistance !! Imari ?? I can`t read this !!
Post by: Ipcress on February 02, 2018, 07:50:56 PM

Yeah, that type of enamelled decoration is called moriage and usually less attractive / valuable than the Satsuma vases designed by Kinkozan and the like.