Fukagawa Vase #5 Huge 花王 Kaou 牡丹 Botan Pioen Peony Blossoms Peach "Fukagawa Blue" White Porcelain Vaas Urn Jar Jug Arita Japan *Free S&H

Timeless beautify - TREE PEONY VASE HAND PAINTED BY FUKAGAWA SEI Arita, Japan!

Stunning rendering of peach and blue/white tree peony blossoms! The blossoms fade to a soft white frilled edges. This differs from it's smaller siblings insofar as the blue/white peony is veined in gilt! Also, instead of a separate orange bud to the right on the foot, this has a large bud as part of the main depiction! The yellow stamen enamels are tactile. The leaves are veined in gold and the blue hues contrast from sky blue to "Fukagawa Blue." Fukagawa so perfected cobalt blue, that collectors now call it "Fukagawa Blue" as opposed to the massive dark navy blue transferware that flooded the market in the 60's! The rear of the vase features a separate large illustration of a peony bud just beginning to open...so the vase has decoration on "both" sides :-) The other sides are a nice milk-white blank.

Peony - beauty, rank, higher social status, luxury, opulence

Please see my other listings featuring this pattern to this vase :-)

https://www.etsy.com/shop/GuamAntiquesNstuff/search?search_query=fukagawa+peach+peony&order

PIC 5 is a similar Large Vase but with the "Fukagawa Blue" background >

https://www.etsy.com/mx/listing/237368837/large-fukagawa-vase-1-japon-peach-hu

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Would make a perfect gift for MOM'S BIRTHDAY or an excellent affordable addition to your own collection!

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FUKAGAWA INFO > 1894 - present (for additional info, pls. scroll down)

MARK - stylized Mt. Fuji, Japanese characters = FUKA GAWA SEIJI
- Fukagawa Sei mark may have been use since 1920, there's some disagreement on this
- mark is still in use currently
- upon request, I'm happy to furnish a pic of the mark

SPECS- about 11"H x 9.25"W

CONDITION - Excellent!
- the only issue is a .75" tight hairline on the rim, pls. zoom on pic 5

MY SUBJECTIVE GRADING GUIDE >

Outstanding - pristine, like new
Excellent - excellent as it's antique/vintage (minor issues)
Good - moderate issues
Fair - more than moderate issues, okay for display, but not a prized piece
Poor - major issues = a bargain deserving of continued existence

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KORANSHA INFO >
1689 - Matasiro Fukagawa ( founder Eizaemon Fukagawa ) started to manufacture pottery in Arita.
1870 - By the command of the Ministry of telegraphic communication, the 8th Eizaemon Fukagawa succeeded in manufacture of the insulator for telegraphic communication first in Japan.
1875 - "KORANSHA" Scented Orchid Company was established by Ezaiemon Fukagawa with his partners. When those partners left, Ezaiemon Fukagawa reorganized the company.
1876 - Koransha upon exhibition at World Expos beginning at the Philadelphia Expo, won recognition and awards.
1896 - Appointed to supply pottery by the Imperial Household Ministry.

Upon his death, his eldest son Yotaro inherited while his second son established the FUKAGAWA PORCELAIN COMPANY - 1894.

FUKAGAWA INFO > 1894 - present
1900 - Paris Exposition - awarded the gold medal for large vase
1910 - appointed "Purveyor to the Imperial Household"
1916 - becomes the Japan Navy designated factories, to deliver the Western Tableware (up to 1918)
1947 - it had delivered the tableware in the United States Navy central purchasing office, further to receive the orders were mainly a dinner set

These two companies on occasion produced similar/almost exact patterns. I use on a daily basis two early rice bowls depicting an "aralia" pattern. Same except that Fukagawa depicts 6 red berries both inside/outside the bowl and the Ko Ran Sha 5 inside the bowl and 7 on the exterior. Slight difference in size and and thinness of porcelain. Both companies exist today and still do hand painted wares that sell for thousands of dollars. Both companies also manufacture electrical ceramic items. Both companies continue to win porcelain awards both domestically and worldwide. Their early popularity in Europe led to their success.

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"Porcelain production began in Japan in the early seventeenth century, several hundred years after it had first been made in China during the Tang dynasty (618–906). This refined white ceramic requires more advanced technology than other ceramic types. The vessels are fired at very high temperatures so that they are strong and vitrified, as opposed to low-fired earthenware, which is porous and easily breakable. Unlike stoneware, which is high-fired but can be made from many different types of clay, porcelain is made from a specific clay mixture that includes a soft, white variety called kaolin. The smooth, semi-translucent surface of porcelain is ideal for painting delicate designs, and has been prized in both the East and West.

The Japanese porcelain industry was actually pioneered by Korean potters living in Japan. Many of them came to Japan during two invasions of Korea led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 1590s. An appreciation of Korean ceramics had recently developed in Japan, and many of the feudal lords who accompanied Hideyoshi brought back Korean potters to build up the ceramic industry in their territories. The Nabeshima lord took Korean potters back to his province of Hizen on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's main islands. These potters would eventually become the first producers of porcelain in Japan, but they started out by reviving the production of a type of stoneware called Karatsu ware. This type of ceramic is usually simple, inexpensive, and made rapidly but skillfully on the potter's wheel. The potters also introduced a new type of kiln to Japan, the noborigama, or climbing kiln, which allows for greater precision during firing. Therefore, when in the early seventeenth century the Korean potters living in the Arita district of Hizen found suitable clay for the manufacture of porcelain, the infrastructure for its production was already in place. The Hizen region thus became the major center of porcelain production in Japan.

The first porcelain made in Japan by these Korean potters is known as early Imari. "Imari" refers to a port near the Arita kilns, from which these wares were shipped to the rest of the country. Since these porcelains were primarily for domestic consumption, the term "early" is added to distinguish them from later wares also classified as "Imari" which were typically for export. Most early Imari pieces feature designs painted in cobalt blue on a white ground, then coated in a transparent glaze, in the style known as underglaze blue . The porcelain has a coarse, grainy texture and the designs are generally carried out by a free, fluid hand. The technique of painting pictorial designs under a clear glaze was sometimes employed on Karatsu ware, so early Imari may have in part stemmed from this earlier tradition."

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I'm not an expert on Porcelain. The information above is based on my research as a collector. It's time to downsize and find an appreciative home for this exquisite piece!

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