Seto Blue & White Footed Creamer
Kato Shubei II 周兵 (1848-1903)
Phoenix & Vines
Type: Footed Creamer
Material: Porcelain
Age: Late 1800s, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Seto porcelain, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Attributed to Kato Shubei II (1848-1903)
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Collected: VA antique store Summer 2020
Condition: Item is used in poor condition commensurate with age, see photos. Cracks to upper rim.
Subject: Design of phoenix birds (ho-o) among scrolling arabesque style vines (tako karakusa) in underglaze blue and white (sometsuke). Five sculpted feet in design of Karako (children with Chinese style hair and clothes).
Material: Porcelain
Age: Late 1800s, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Seto porcelain, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Attributed to Kato Shubei II (1848-1903)
Size:
Weight:
Provenance:
Collected: VA antique store Summer 2020
Condition: Item is used in poor condition commensurate with age, see photos. Cracks to upper rim.
Subject: Design of phoenix birds (ho-o) among scrolling arabesque style vines (tako karakusa) in underglaze blue and white (sometsuke). Five sculpted feet in design of Karako (children with Chinese style hair and clothes).
