Ceramic Dyers Weight / Set of 2 / Japanese / Antique

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Ceramic Dyers Weight / Set of 2 / Japanese / Antique

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Sold Date: 07/12/2008
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

We are told that these four ceramic weights date from the Taisho period (1912-1926), and that they were used by dyers to weigh down the ends of still-wet dyed textiles, although we haven't been able to confirm either claim (although the age seems right to us). Written in blue glaze on one edge of each is the weights' size, "26" and "31". The "26" weighs a little over 100g, while the "31" weighs about 125g.

T is no particular damage other than general light wear-and-tear. T are no chips, cracks, or fractures. T are some maker's irregularities that come from (apparently) having been handmade or semi-handmade, and each has a dark patch on one edge w it was set into fine sand so that it would stand up in the kiln.

The "26" measures about W2 5/16" (59mm) X D7/8" (23mm), while the "31" measures about W2 7/16" (61mm) X D7/8" (23mm) .

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