Japanese Antique Nishiura Enji Seto Studio Porcelain Plate Bird in Peony Garden
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Type: Squared Plate or Charger
Material: Porcelain
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Nishiura Enji, Seto ware, Japan. Nishiura Enji's maker's mark on base. An earlier piece of his, more in the Seto / Yokohama / Kutani style than the Chinese porcelain style he became famous for
Size: 8-5/8" across (21.91 cm)
Weight: 15.2 oz (430 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Vendor at Long Beach College Flea Market, Long Beach CA, 17 MAR 2024
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks. Some light surface wear. Some tiny chips and rough spots to underside of rim, all likely original to manufacture
Subject: Seto ware plate by the esteemed Nishiura Enji, in Kutani or Yokohama porcelain style design of a colorful bird perched in a peony (botan) garden, the peony flowers protected from snow by a bamboo covering, with grasses and nandina (sacred bamboo) plants with their red berries sticking through the snow, with the silhoutte of the moon looking on. Possibly some meaning was intended about comparing the structured beauty in a protected garden against the beauty of wild nature, both enduring the cold, snowy night..
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Japanese Antique Nishiura Enji Seto Studio Porcelain Plate Bird in Peony Garden
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See also:
Type: Squared Plate or Charger
Material: Porcelain
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Nishiura Enji, Seto ware, Japan. Nishiura Enji's maker's mark on base. An earlier piece of his, more in the Seto / Yokohama / Kutani style than the Chinese porcelain style he became famous for
Size: 8-5/8" across (21.91 cm)
Weight: 15.2 oz (430 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Vendor at Long Beach College Flea Market, Long Beach CA, 17 MAR 2024
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks. Some light surface wear. Some tiny chips and rough spots to underside of rim, all likely original to manufacture
Subject: Seto ware plate by the esteemed Nishiura Enji, in Kutani or Yokohama porcelain style design of a colorful bird perched in a peony (botan) garden, the peony flowers protected from snow by a bamboo covering, with grasses and nandina (sacred bamboo) plants with their red berries sticking through the snow, with the silhoutte of the moon looking on. Possibly some meaning was intended about comparing the structured beauty in a protected garden against the beauty of wild nature, both enduring the cold, snowy night..
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Japanese Antique Nishiura Enji Seto Studio Porcelain Plate Bird in Peony Garden
