Comparing Chinese Antique Porcelain with Japanese Antique Porcelain
Written by admin on November 24, 2010 – 5:59 pm -Comparing Chinese Antique Porcelain with Japanese Porcelain
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Antiques Week in Philadelphia Starts Today
Written by admin on April 17, 2010 – 12:04 am -By Karla Klein Albertson
Inquirer Antiques Columnist
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Japanese Satsuma Ceramics
Written by admin on March 1, 2010 – 1:05 am -Satsuma is the name of a type of earthenware initially made in various kilns in Chosa, Ryumonji, Tateno and Naeshirogawa, in the Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima, on the island of Kyushu. All these places were under the control of the feudal lord of Satsuma.
In the late 1590s, Shimazu Yoshihiro — the lord of Satsuma — returned to Japan after fighting a war in Korea. He kidnapped a group of 22 Korean potters and their families, and put them to work in 1601, making ceramics from the white clay found at Naeshirogawa.
With strict race laws prohibiting intermarriage, these potters and their families were kept completely separate from the rest of the Japanese population. By the third quarter of the 19th century, there were more than 1,400 of these artisans, and all were engaged in pottery-making.
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Antique Japanese Kakiemon Porcelain
Written by admin on February 6, 2010 – 5:37 pm -A type of Arita ware, Kakiemon is delicate porcelain with a distinctive palette. The name is derived from a family of potters and enamellers working in Arita, who are traditionally believed to have introduced overglaze enameling on porcelain to Japan in the 1640s. The extremely fine, milky-white body (nigoshide) was believed to have been exclusive to the Kakiemon kiln, although this is now disputed. Wares include small dishes, bottles, bowls, and vases, many of which are of geometric form.
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