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Subject:Re: Identify vase
Posted By: Bill H Sat, Sep 13, 2014
Please note that much of this is speculative.
The two underlined characters above the main mark seem to be a factory quality control marking of "Right Side, Nine" (友九), which possibly refers to a dimension and the positioning of the vase within a group on an altar or mantle.
The main mark begins at the top right and possibly reads down in the first stack as "Saishuntei" (再春亭). The second stack possibly reads down as "Shinmuroko" (新室好). I've seen the same mark on another porcelain item in this forum and on a similar vase at the link below, but have never encountered a scholarly transcription of it into English by someone who knows Japanese at a native level, which I certainly don't.
During the Meiji era there were a couple of studio marks that began with "Zoshuntei", both associated with Japanese entrepreneur Hisatomi Yojibei Masayasu, a principal exporter of period porcelains. I believe the main studio using such marks was at Mikawachi, the old Hirado kiln center, which by that time had come under domination of the Fukagawa Company. Fukagawa used Zoshuntei, among others, to paint some of its porcelain, if I recall correctly. In any event, I wonder if "Saishuntei" might have been another Hisatomi studio.
The truth is out there somewhere.
Best regards,
Bill H.
URL Title :Porcelain Mark Saishuntei
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( China & Japan ) - Alan - Sep 11, 2014 (09:24 AM) 
