$YT63: Japanese Hand-painted Tea Bowl, Kutani ware by Ryuichi Yamazaki, Flower

This is a vintage Japanese porcelain tea bowl of Kutani ware, which was made by a famous potter, Ryuichi Yamazaki about 30 years ago.                 

A flower is hand painted on the body.

The seal of his kiln is stamped on the bottom. The original wooden box with the signature of his kiln name is also included.

(About Kutani ware)
Kutani ware is Japanese porcelain made in Kaga province (now in Ishikawa prefecture). The name “Old Kutani” refers to porcelain decorated with heavily applied overglaze enamels and produced in the Kaga mountain village of Kutani. The powerful Maeda family had established a kiln there by 1656. The clay bodies used were gray and coarse-grained. On most pieces—dishes and bowls were especially common—a white or blue-white matte glaze was decorated in dark, restrained colours, initially greens, yellows, and some reds, and later purples and dark blues. Some items had cobalt blue decoration under a white glaze. 

The most noted Old Kutani pieces are “Green Kutani,” in which most of the surface is covered in a green or blue-green glaze to which one or two colours have been added (or the glaze is applied evenly over a design executed in black). 

The bold designs of Kutani ware drew freely from Chinese ceramics, paintings, and textiles. They are renowned for their rich pictorial ornament executed in lively, intense lines.  

2) SHIPPING COST

a) USA:  Airmail (No tracking) US$19.8 / FEDEX Express mail US$25.0

b) ASIA, CHINA:  Airmail (with tracking number)  US$14.8 /FEDEX Express mail US$19.8