Arita eggshell porcelain cup & saucers, Zoshuntei Sanpo Zo, Edo period
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Directory: Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: Pre 1900: Item # 1404871
Directory: Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: Pre 1900: Item # 1404871
$150.00
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A thinly potted eggshell porcelain cup and two saucers. Enameled decoration of scrolls, Phoenix birds and temples in soft pastel shades. Arita, Japan, Edo period. Marked Zoshuntei (= shop), Sanpo Zo (made), for the factory of Hisatomi Yojibei Masatsune (1842 – 1870). Hisatomi was one of the first potters in Japan to be allowed to put his factory name on pieces intended for export from Arita. Height of cup "2 ½ / 6.5 and diameter "4/ 11 cm, diameter of saucers "5 ¾ / 14.5 cm. Condition: a 1 mm glaze flake to the bowl, one saucer with repair (cf. pics 3 and 5).
A thinly potted eggshell porcelain cup and two saucers. Enameled decoration of scrolls, Phoenix birds and temples in soft pastel shades. Arita, Japan, Edo period. Marked Zoshuntei (= shop), Sanpo Zo (made), for the factory of Hisatomi Yojibei Masatsune (1842 – 1870). Hisatomi was one of the first potters in Japan to be allowed to put his factory name on pieces intended for export from Arita. Height of cup "2 ½ / 6.5 and diameter "4/ 11 cm, diameter of saucers "5 ¾ / 14.5 cm. Condition: a 1 mm glaze flake to the bowl, one saucer with repair (cf. pics 3 and 5).
