Antique Japanese
Yamaguchi Koetsu Tokyo Satsuma Ceramic Tea Bowl Chawan Fans
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Type: Tea Bowl (Chawan)
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868)
Origin/Maker: Yamaguchi Koetsu (1844-1904), Tokyo. Satsuma ware, Japan. Unsigned, but I have a Yamaguchi Koetsu signed tea bowl I got from the same auction lot that seems to be by the same maker (similar shape, decorations, and the same swirl on the base). Yamaguchi Koetsu was an artist/decorator residing in Tokyo.
Size: 2 7/8" tall (7.302 cm), 4 3/8" diameter (11.112 cm)
Weight: 6.7 oz (190 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: PA auction 17 DEC 2023. Bought together with several Makuzu Kozan Yokohama Satsuma pieces and another Tokyo Satsuma piece attributed to Yamaguchi Koetsu.
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks or chips. Some light surface wear.
Subject: Tea bowl decorated with painted designs of various fans and scrolls. One fan has a scene of a cherry blossom (sakura) tree (note the pink heart-shaped petals and the lovely tree bark) with a bird and clouds, another has flowers, grasses, and a butterfly, another has cranes flying among the clouds, and the last (a scroll) has a sage feeding a deer under a tree.
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Antique Japanese Yamaguchi Koetsu Tokyo Satsuma Ceramic Tea Bowl Chawan Fans
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See also:
Type: Tea Bowl (Chawan)
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868)
Origin/Maker: Yamaguchi Koetsu (1844-1904), Tokyo. Satsuma ware, Japan. Unsigned, but I have a Yamaguchi Koetsu signed tea bowl I got from the same auction lot that seems to be by the same maker (similar shape, decorations, and the same swirl on the base). Yamaguchi Koetsu was an artist/decorator residing in Tokyo.
Size: 2 7/8" tall (7.302 cm), 4 3/8" diameter (11.112 cm)
Weight: 6.7 oz (190 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: PA auction 17 DEC 2023. Bought together with several Makuzu Kozan Yokohama Satsuma pieces and another Tokyo Satsuma piece attributed to Yamaguchi Koetsu.
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks or chips. Some light surface wear.
Subject: Tea bowl decorated with painted designs of various fans and scrolls. One fan has a scene of a cherry blossom (sakura) tree (note the pink heart-shaped petals and the lovely tree bark) with a bird and clouds, another has flowers, grasses, and a butterfly, another has cranes flying among the clouds, and the last (a scroll) has a sage feeding a deer under a tree.
Location:
Antique Japanese Yamaguchi Koetsu Tokyo Satsuma Ceramic Tea Bowl Chawan Fans