• Buy Antiques Online - The Satsuma style originated from pottery made in Satsuma, (present day Kagoshima prefecture, Kyushu).
  • There are two distinct types of Satsuma Ware. The original Ko-Satsuma is characterised by a heavy dark glaze, often plain, but occasionally with an inscribed or relief pattern. KB ANTIQUES & JEWELLERY
  • ANTIQUE & COLLECTABLES USA - From around 1800, a new style – Kyō-satsuma – became popular. Famed for its delicate ivory coloured ground with finely crackled transparent glaze
  • Antiques online - The first presentation of Japanese Arts to the West was in 1867 and Satsuma ware was one of the star attractions.
  • Popular designs featured mille-fleur (a thousand flowers), and complex patterns.
  • The height of popularity for Satsuma ware was the early Meiji period, from around 1885.
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Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Unusual Cup Holder Dish

Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Unusual Cup Holder Dish

$95.00 USD
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Unusual Cup Holder Dish

Signed By The Artist

Excellent Condition NO CHIPS or CRACKS

Length : 22cm

Width : 12cm

Any Questions Welcome

Satsuma ware dating up to the first years of the Genroku era (1688–1704) is often referred to as Early Satsuma or ko-satsuma. The oldest remaining examples of Satsuma are stoneware made from iron-rich dark clay covered in dark glaze.

Started becoming common from around 1870, so very early pieces may actually be unmarked. If the mark is in English, particularly if it reads “Made in Japan”, it means it will be, unfortunately, a very late piece.

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