Antique Japanese Porcelain SUMIDA ISHIGURO KOKO Teapot Tiger & Leopard Cat Japan
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Type: Vase
Material: Glazed Porcelain
Age: Early 1900s. Meiji Period (1868 - 1912) or Taisho Period (1912 - 1926)
Origin/Maker: Sumida ware (sometimes called Sumidagawa ware). ISHIGURO KOKO mark on side of teapot. Sumida ware was from Asakusa in Tokyo (near the Sumida river), and they later moved to Yokohama in 1924.
Size: 5 1/8" tall (13.018 cm)
Weight: 1 lb 6.3 oz (632 g)
Provenance: Pasadena antique mall, Los Angeles CA
Collected: 2018
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Some small chips to bottom of spout. Small chip to inside rim of teapot where lid sits. Handle is missing the rattan portion on one side (only wire remains)
Subject: Decorated with raised designs in relief of a tiger and a leopard on rocks. Partly painted and partly glazed in a multicolored flambe glaze.
Location:
Antique Japanese Porcelain SUMIDA ISHIGURO KOKO Teapot Tiger & Leopard Cat Japan
www.ebay.com/sch/xcoasterxtreme/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&rt=nc&LH_Auction=1
Type: Vase
Material: Glazed Porcelain
Age: Early 1900s. Meiji Period (1868 - 1912) or Taisho Period (1912 - 1926)
Origin/Maker: Sumida ware (sometimes called Sumidagawa ware). ISHIGURO KOKO mark on side of teapot. Sumida ware was from Asakusa in Tokyo (near the Sumida river), and they later moved to Yokohama in 1924.
Size: 5 1/8" tall (13.018 cm)
Weight: 1 lb 6.3 oz (632 g)
Provenance: Pasadena antique mall, Los Angeles CA
Collected: 2018
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Some small chips to bottom of spout. Small chip to inside rim of teapot where lid sits. Handle is missing the rattan portion on one side (only wire remains)
Subject: Decorated with raised designs in relief of a tiger and a leopard on rocks. Partly painted and partly glazed in a multicolored flambe glaze.
Location:
Antique Japanese Porcelain SUMIDA ISHIGURO KOKO Teapot Tiger & Leopard Cat Japan