Lot #144: FOUR - Antique Japanese Hand Painted Kutani Porcelain Plates

FOUR - Antique Japanese Kutani Porcelain Plates • This set was produced in a collective workshop or kiln specialized in international export during the Taisho to early Showa era 1920's-1930's. • The red script signature on the back of your plates reads tÊ (Kutani), written vertically from top to bottom in a traditional, rapid painterly style. • Each plate depicts a different scene of red-crowned cranes, foraging among various flowers, trees, and marshes at the edge of a lake or ocean with different mountains in the distance. • Each of these plates were hand-thrown on a potter's wheel (rokuro), rather than made from a mold, and there are very slight variation in each plate. • Each plate has the identical rim showing a geometric and fan-like patterned border in gold and brown tones. • In excellent condition, no cracks, breaks, or chips. View Images. • 2.3 cm. x 8.3 cm. x 8.3 cm. Dimensions: 2.3 cm. x 8.3 cm. x 8.3 cm. each Pickup category timeslot {A}