A GROUP OF CLOISONNÉ ON PORCELAIN

THE LAST SIGNED DAI NIPPON KAIYOSHA KONIN TAKENOUCHI, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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A GROUP OF CLOISONNÉ ON PORCELAIN
THE LAST SIGNED DAI NIPPON KAIYOSHA KONIN TAKENOUCHI, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Each worked in silver or gold wire on glazed porcelain, the first a bowl and cover with peonies and other flowers, the interior with underglazed blue and chrysanthemums; the second a vase and cover with various flowers and foliage; the third a pair of tripod footed jardinières with butterflies and flowers; the fourth with panels of birds among cherry blossom surrounded by scrolls and the last a vase with flowerheads and scrolling foliage
15cm. diam., 12cm. high, 24cm., 21cm. and 15cm. (6)

拍品专文

The Kaiyosha Company was founded in Nagoya in 1878 by the porcelain dealer Heishi Toku'emon, the decorator Matsumura Kyusuke, and others. Work made in their Nagoya factory was shipped from Yokohama. A piece of porcelain with cloisonné with the same inscription which is demonstrably by the same hand of that on the present piece is illustrated in Meiji no Yakimono1 page 77 together with another vase with the signature of the well-known potter Kato Shigeju II, and which carries also an inscription Dai Nippon konin Takenouchi in slightly smaller characters matching the calligraphy on this piece. We can therefore safely conclude that Takenouchi is the name of a cloisonné maker.

1. Meiji no Yakimono - Japonisme for the Western World - Pottery of the Meiji Era, The Foundation of the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, (Koransha Press, 1996)