Satsuma yaki under the shimazu family crest.
Satsuma ceramics marks.
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Satsuma like staffordshire is a collective name given to a fine quality lightweight pottery developed in japan.
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.
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.
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You may also find that there are no main markings only japanese numbers.
Word of satsuma masterworks spread to the west and japanese ceramics and porcelain became sought after luxuries throughout america and europe.
Heavy crude reproductions from china carry a potentially confusing satsuma mark.
Expanding the market for japanese pottery the savvy rulers of satsuma by this time the shimazu clan were quick to capitalize on the gigantic expansion of the market for japanese porcelain.
Although there are no vintage comparable marks the appearance of satsuma in the new marks implies the new pieces are old.
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.