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Japanese Mingei Plate Vintage Fine Studio Pottery browse these categories for related items... All Items: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Porcelain: Pre 1940: item # 547771
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| 22 cm square, 8.5" square. c1930-1950. Signed but unconfirmed. Very good condition, two miniscule nicks along edge. This is a lovely square plate, porcelain, impressed and textured from the use of a textile, and decorated with over enamaling, which appears to be a design derived from the character for happiness in Japanese. It is marked with characters that appear to me similar to some of Tomimoto Kenkichi's signatures (which varied considerably) and has visible age. It's a dynamic spirited piece very much in place with other examples from famed Mingei potters of the early 20th century, it does not feel at all derivative or dull like so many later or contemporary examples. The Mingei movement was an artistic and also somewhat philosophical movement starting in the early twentieth century that took inspiration from the great tradition of anonymous craftsmanship of mostly Japan but also Korea, with a modern air contemporary with the cultural and artistic climate of early twentieth century Japan. This is a striking example of Mingei Studio pottery. | ||
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