A Kutani tea set Japan, Meiji period | 日本 明治時代 九谷燒茶具一套

Property from a French family collection

A Kutani tea set

Japan, Meiji period

comprising a teapot and cover, a milk jug, a sugar bowl and cover, twelve tea cups and twelve saucers, all decorated with various birds and butterflies in a rich flowering gilt landscape, the cups signed with 'Nippon Yokohama Imura zo', the rest of the set all signed with 'Kutani Watano sei', probably made by Watano Genuemon, with its suitcase

Teapot and cover H. 21.8 cm, 8 8/5 in.;

Milk jug H. 12 cm, 4¾ in.;

Suger bowl and cover H. 14.2 cm, 4⅝ in.;

Cup Diam. 9.2 cm, 3⅝ in.;

Saucer Diam. 13.5 cm, 5¼ in.

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Collection particulière française

Service à thé Kutani, Japon, époque Meiji

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