Meiji Period ‘Dragonware’ Moriage Tea Set

Name: Meiji Period ‘Dragonware’ Moriage Tea Set
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA287688
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Collinge Antiques

Description

Exceptional late 19th.c. Japanese tea set c.1890. Six cups and saucers plus teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl each with a lid. With an extraordinary level of hand painted, gilded and applied decoration. Scenes of figures (some with gilded halos) in conversation whilst scaly, serpentine dragons writhe around them. With a hand painted mark to the underside of each piece. If anyone can offer a translation we would be delighted to know more.

Dimensions: Teapot – Diameter 4½", height 6". Cups – Diameter 3¾", height 2".

Declaration

Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA287688

Dealers Internal Reference

26088

Dealers Notes

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Description

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Scenes of figures (some with gilded halos) in conversation whilst scaly, serpentine dragons writhe around them.

Collinge Antiques

With a hand painted mark to the underside of each piece. If anyone can offer a translation we would be delighted to know more.

Dimensions: Teapot – Diameter 4½", height 6". Cups – Diameter 3¾", height 2".

Date of Manufacture

Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref

SA287688

Dealers Internal Ref