Antique Japanese Porcelain SUMIDA ware INOUE RYOSAI Incense Burner Boy Japan
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Type: Incense Burner / Censer (Koro), or Small Vase
Material: Glazed and Painted Porcelain
Age: Early 1900s. Meiji Period (1868 - 1912) or Taisho Period (1912 - 1926)
Origin/Maker: Sumida ware (sometimes called Sumidagawa ware). Two character maker's mark for INOUE RYOSAI on base. Sumida ware was from Asakusa in Tokyo (near the Sumida river), and they later moved to Yokohama in 1924.
Size: 1 1/2" tall (3.81 cm)
Weight: 2.6 oz (74 g)
Provenance: Topanga Vintage Market in Los Angeles CA
Collected: 2019
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Some wear to painted designs
Subject: Decorated with raised designs in relief of a boy and a gourd (hyotan). Partially painted and partially decorated with a flambe glaze.
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Antique Japanese Porcelain SUMIDA ware INOUE RYOSAI Incense Burner Boy Japan
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Type: Incense Burner / Censer (Koro), or Small Vase
Material: Glazed and Painted Porcelain
Age: Early 1900s. Meiji Period (1868 - 1912) or Taisho Period (1912 - 1926)
Origin/Maker: Sumida ware (sometimes called Sumidagawa ware). Two character maker's mark for INOUE RYOSAI on base. Sumida ware was from Asakusa in Tokyo (near the Sumida river), and they later moved to Yokohama in 1924.
Size: 1 1/2" tall (3.81 cm)
Weight: 2.6 oz (74 g)
Provenance: Topanga Vintage Market in Los Angeles CA
Collected: 2019
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Some wear to painted designs
Subject: Decorated with raised designs in relief of a boy and a gourd (hyotan). Partially painted and partially decorated with a flambe glaze.
Location:
Antique Japanese Porcelain SUMIDA ware INOUE RYOSAI Incense Burner Boy Japan