Large Antique 19C Japanese Kutani Vase Marked on Base Birds Swallows Gar

Very lovely piece. With mark 15-8-19-2-1 Condition Overall condition; Perfect. Size: 320mm Period Meiji Periode (1867-1912).

Large and very lovely piece. With mark Condition Overall condition 1 restored chip. Size: 235mm x 100mm Period Meiji Periode (1867-1912).

Fabulous vase with a mark on the base. Kutani Condition Overall condition some firing flaws in base and some line selections close to rim. 225 x 160mm H x D Period Meiji Period...

Fabulous Japanese vase. The blue enamels are unusual and so nice. Marked at the body; The first two characters indicate a name: Xiang Feng (?) Followed by the character xie, mean...

This is a very good quality Earthenware Japanese Satsuma vase, beautifully hand decorated and from the Meiji period, circa 1875. The vase has a he...

A magnificent pair of Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Kutani porcelain vases. Having wonderful hand painted images of attendants gathering in morning, having classical motif decora...

A stylish Japanese antique Kutani candlestick hand-painted with birds dating from the Meiji period 1868-1912. The porcelain candlestick stands on a wide rounded base with a narrow ta...

A fine antique Japanese Meiji period Kutani porcelain vase. By Matsumoto Sahei/Shoundo. In an aka-e style decorated throughout in iron red with extensive gilt accents. There are cartouches to either side both with branches of red flower with a backdrop of clouds on a white ground. With 2 figural dragon finial handles. Marked to the base with '九谷松雲堂製' which translates as 'Made by Shoundo of Kutani' Matsumoto Sahei (1851-1918) was a master potter who enjoyed success & recognition during his era. In 1876, Sahei received the artist name Shoundo from the nanga painter Tokuda Kansho - he would use that title for nearly 20 years until passing it onto his son as his successor in 1893. Sahei also has the distinction of taking Tokuda Yasokichi I as an apprentice when the latter was 17-years-old. The Tokuda family is perhaps one of the most famous families of Japanese ceramics: Yasokichi I is credited with revitalizing the lost art of ko-Kutani and Yasokichi I, II, & III were all recognized as "Living National Treasures" during their lifetimes. Shoundo exhibited internationally numerous times at the tail end of the 19th Century. The Keisei Isogaya Museum of Art (which specializes in Meiji Kutani) has a vase of Sahei's that was exhibited in the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876. He is listed as exhibiting a wide variety of porcelain goods at the 1878, 1889, and 1900 Paris World Exhibitions. He is also listed as exhibiting 'incense burners & porcelain' at the World's Columbian Exhibition held in 1893 in Chicago. The pair of vases that Sahei exhibited in Paris in 1900 bear a strong resemblance to this pair. Simply a wonderfully rare Japanese porcelain...