Kutani Zo, Japanese

I think the mark is upside down. The colours suggest Kutani

Kutani mark -

Looks like the right shape for a brush pot. I don't know if they use toothpicks.

You're right, sake cups. Nice one. :)

Hi a colleague asked for help identifying this vase. I believe it is Japanese and fairly modern. Any help with identification much appreciated, many thanks

a wonderful vase with peacocks and flowers. is marked on bottom. don't know what the mark is.

The mark is upside down and translates as Kutani - 九谷

Used during the period 1970s - 2000+

Small cup and saucer with red m, black and gold decoration. With the mark for Kutani Zo

Kutani shishi dog, possibly Meiji

Hello,
I've an antique teapot,
I'd like to identify the mark under the base,
so to be able to date it.
Thanks for your time

Gianluca

Mark looks like a shorthand signature. We might be able to narrow it down to a prefecture if you post photos of the pot itself but I doubt we’ll identify the potter

Worth trying this website for Oriental marks -
gotheborg.com

As a general rule with oriental pottery, the mark is less likely to be a indicator of the age of a piece than with pottery from elsewhere in the world.

I think it's Japanese and made for the export market - it looks late 1920s into the 1930s to me from the style, although I am no expert on Oriental export wares.

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Ahhh, ok i got it, i post all the photos directly here, thanks so much for your help,
if it's possible to id dating and mark ill be happy :-)

I wondered if it’s eggshell porcelain but it doesn’t look that thin in the photos

Found similar ones, including the same shaped lid, by searching google images with Japanese eggshell porcelain cranes

Forgive my ignorance about porcelain ... What does eggshell porcelain mean? Which date are you thinking of?

Many thanks

Eggshell porcelain was popular in the first half of the 20thC so it’s likely to date from the Art Deco period. It was a very thin - eggshell thin - porcelain. Sometimes with a lithophane image of a geisha girl in the base, which could be seen when held up to the light. Often the pieces were parcelled out around the communities to be decorated at home (‘geisha ware’ was another popular eggshell porcelain style, where transfer printed geishas and town and country scenes were coloured in) and the decorators were paid per piece and just left a small mark on the base to show it was one of theirs

Wow, today I learned a lot, thanks so much for your time and availability.