Dragoncharger Antiques has dated this piece to the 1890s.
The creativity and artwork is superlative, and of the highest artisan quality. Extremely rare.
Finely rendered in the Totai Shippo technique on porcelain. Superbly decorated with birds sitting in branches with foliage and poeonies flowering in full bloom.
The rear of charger in underglaze porcelain (and signed).
Condition: Shippo work in excellent condition. Porcelain in excellent condition. [Display stand not included].
Dimensions:
Diameter = 36.5 cm
Depth = 5 cm
Totai shippo, meaning "body cloisonné," is a Japanese ceramic technique where cloisonné decoration is applied to a ceramic or porcelain base. This difficult technique was developed around 1868 by Sukamoto Kaisuke.
Jiki-shippo literally, “porcelain-enamel,” is enamel work that is decorated on a porcelain body or foundation that has been fired at a high temperature. Also commonly referred to as totai shippo, a more general term used to include ceramic, earthenware or porcelain bases. “Tree-bark” cloisonne’ is relatively fragile due to the delicate surfacing technique which will sometimes chip or crack around the edges because of the porcelain base.
Dragoncharger Antiques has dated this piece to the 1890s.
Specialising in early japanese cloisonne, edo enamel artisan period.
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Large Japanese Totai Shippo Charger. Cloisonne Tree Bark, with Birds and Flowers. Circa 1890. Signed.
