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Kutani

Japan tradition · 5 examples · indicative market tier: $500–5k (accessible antique & fine living craft)

Kutani ware (九谷焼, Kutani-yaki) is a style of Japanese porcelain traditionally supposed to be from Kutani, now a part of Kaga, Ishikawa, in the former Kaga Province. It is divided into two phases: Ko-Kutani (old Kutani), from the 17th and early 18th centuries, and Saikō-Kutani from the revived production in the 19th century. The more prestigious Ko-Kutani wares are recognised by scholars to be a complex and much mis-represented group, very often not from Kutani at all. Wikipedia →

Types & examples

Large Dish with Persimmon Branch
Large Dish with Persimmon Branch, mid- to late 1600s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Bowl: Kutani Ware
Bowl: Kutani Ware, early to mid-1800s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Plate with Bird and Flower
Plate with Bird and Flower, early 1900s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Plate with Bird and Flower
Plate with Bird and Flower, mid- to late 1600s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Covered Dish
Covered Dish, early 1900s
Cleveland Museum of Art

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