Satsuma Ceramic Marks

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Satsuma ceramic marks.

Of decoration originally developed by the noritake company but pieces with moriage decoration in moriage a la kyoto satsuma on porcelain are also. They ruled satsuma han. Satsuma gosu blue was produced in a very limited quantity in kyoto in the mid 19th century and is now the most sought after of the satsuma wares. The original plain dark clay early satsuma 古薩摩 ko satsuma made in satsuma from around 1600 and the elaborately decorated export satsuma 京薩摩 kyō satsuma ivory bodied pieces which began to be produced.

Generic satsuma marks refer to marks added to a japanese ceramic piece to indicate a style in general instead being the name of a specific company studio or any individual artist. Japanese porcelain marks. Many of the japanese makers marks on satsuma porcelain or pottery are simply the name of the person who made the item or a generic marking such as dai nippon satsuma. Japanese export porcelain includes a wide range of porcelain that was made and decorated in japan primarily for export to europe and later to north america with significant quantities going to south and southeastern asian markets production for export to the west falls almost entirely into two periods firstly between the 1650s and 1740s and then the period from the 1850s onwards.

Satsuma ware 薩摩焼 satsuma yaki is a type of japanese pottery originally from satsuma province southern kyūshū today it can be divided into two distinct categories. 576 results for satsuma porcelain save satsuma porcelain to get e mail alerts and updates on your ebay feed. May 2 2018 explore prudencio rodríguez s board satsuma marks on pinterest. You may also find that there are no main markings only japanese numbers.

Marks was also applied for different reasons that on the chinese porcelain. See more ideas about satsuma japanese porcelain marks. Satsuma mark on reproductions. Word of satsuma masterworks spread to the west and japanese ceramics and porcelain became sought after luxuries throughout america and europe.

Although there are no vintage comparable marks the appearance of satsuma in the new marks implies the new pieces are old. Satsuma yaki under the shimazu family crest. The circle with a cross that often makes up a part of the satsuma pottery base mark is the shimazu family crest. Heavy crude reproductions from china carry a potentially confusing satsuma mark.

The old japanese ceramic industry was in many ways smaller in scale compared to the chinese.