Japanese Antique Ceramic Signatures

Many were copycat stylistic reproductions of hummel meissen royal doulton and victorian area figurines.

Japanese antique ceramic signatures.

Chidori vintage specializes in japanese antiques rare collectables sourced directly for you from japan. The noritake company. List of japanese porcelain maker s marks and signatures on antique modern japanese porcelain. View view view.

The word nippon is the official name of the country of japan and japanese makers and trading companies initially marked their wares with the name nippon. It is a mistake to assume all occupied japan ceramics are of poor quality. This guide provides marks found on both antique and contemporary collectible pottery and porcelain from the united states and other countries and includes dating information and a brief history relating. The wooden presentation box is signed with the same name and stamped.

These did not so much indicate maker date and location as they symbolized messages of good fortune such as love happiness and luck. I am in a financial crisis and i need your help. The signature on a japanese ukiyo e print is not handwritten and its sole purpose is to tell us the name of the artist who designed the image. Many early japanese pottery marks were hand painted as they were viewed as a signature.

To show your appreciation for this site and help me avoid becoming homeless please donate. However in 1921 the us congress requested that japanese customs authorities change the name to japan. To illustrate how difficult it can be to pinpoint an item s manufacturing period both arita ware from the qianlong period 18th century and from the 1970s. The old japanese ceramic industry was in many ways smaller in scale compared to the chinese.

Japanese porcelain marks. Occupied japan ceramic figurines mimic american and european examples. Ikai yūichi s works are signed or stamped around the footring with the kanji character for yuichi his given name. Identify the maker of your japanese ceramics in alphabetical order.

Maker s marks and artist s signatures on antique and modern japanese porcelain. Personal signatures by the artists involved are quite common. We acquire stock for our japanese antique online shop through various secret sources within japan. Our stock of rare one of a kind japanese antiques is always changing so check back regularly.

Unlike the signatures on modern art prints it should never be interpreted as a proof of genuineness. Some figurine pieces were well done. Identifying a mark on a piece of pottery or porcelain is often the first step in researching the value of these antique and collectible pieces. Identifying japanese ceramics and porcelain through the signatures and marks on them can be difficult since many makers used combinations of similar markings.