Japanese Antique Ceramic Signatures

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.

Japanese antique ceramic signatures.

Marks was also applied for different reasons that on the chinese porcelain. List of japanese porcelain maker s marks and signatures on antique modern japanese porcelain. A mark made by stencil is a much later way of marking dating from the showa period 1926 to 1989. View view view.

Many were copycat stylistic reproductions of hummel meissen royal doulton and victorian area figurines. Many early japanese pottery marks were hand painted as they were viewed as a signature. Chidori vintage specializes in japanese antiques rare collectables sourced directly for you from 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. Identify the maker of your japanese ceramics in alphabetical order. These did not so much indicate maker date and location as they symbolized messages of good fortune such as love happiness and luck. Occupied japan ceramic figurines mimic american and european examples.

Japanese porcelain marks. Our stock of rare one of a kind japanese antiques is always changing so check back regularly. Identifying japanese ceramics and porcelain through the signatures and marks on them can be difficult since many makers used combinations of similar markings. Ikai yūichi s works are signed or stamped around the footring with the kanji character for yuichi his given name.

Maker s marks and artist s signatures on antique and modern japanese porcelain. The wooden presentation box is signed with the same name and stamped. We acquire stock for our japanese antique online shop through various secret sources within japan. I am in a financial crisis and i need your help.

However in 1921 the us congress requested that japanese customs authorities change the name to japan. 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. 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. 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.

The case of nippon or japanese porcelain marks is a bit more peculiar. Unlike the signatures on modern art prints it should never be interpreted as a proof of genuineness. Some figurine pieces were well done. Personal signatures by the artists involved are quite common.