OLD JAPANESE PORCELAIN FUKAGAWA VASE FUJI NYK SHIP LINE
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FEATURING A RARE FUKAGAWA JAPANESE STUDIO PORCELAIN CABINET VASE WITH A GORGEOUS ALL HAND PAINTED SCENE OF MT. FUJI, TORI GATE AND JAPANES MAPLE TREES WITH LEAVES IN COLORS OF GREEN, GOLD, AND SHADES OF ORANGE FALL COLORS. SO FINELY DONE, ARTISTIC AND BEAUTIFUL! THE CLOUDS DRIFTING AROUND MT. FUJI ARE LOVELY AND SOFT. THIS IS A SMALL, BUT VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THIS COMPANY'S WARE. THE FUKAGAWA STUDIO PORCELAIN COMPANY HAVE BEEN MAKERS OF FINE PORCELAIN SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY IN THE ARITA DISTRICT OF JAPAN. SCHIFFERS BOOK, "JAPANESE PORCELAIN", DEVOTES MANY PAGES TO THIS WARE. NEW PIECES, MADE TODAY, BRING A HEFTY PRICE, AND MAY NOT BE THE QUALITY OF THIS PIECE AT THIS PRICE. IN ADDITION TO BEING A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF CHINA, MAKING IT AN EVEN MORE INTERESTING AND SPECIAL PIECE IS THAT IT WAS A SOUVENIR ON THE N.Y.K. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA)JAPANESE LUXURY OCEAN LINER SHIP AND HAS THE STAMP ON THE BACKSIDE(SEE PHOTO). THIS COMPANY HAD A FLEET OF 58 STEAMSHIPS IN 1885 THAT SAILED TO PORTS IN THE EAST AND TO LONDON. I DON'T THINK THIS SHIP COMPANY IS STILL IN THE BUSINESS OF OCEAN GOING PASSENGER LINERS AND THUS, PROBABLY DATES THIS TO A FAIRLY EARLY PIECE, AROUND 1920. SIGNED WITH A RED UNDERGLAZE MARK OF MT. FUJI, THE MARK FOR FUKAGAWA. EXCELLENT CONDITION. NO CHIPS, CRACKS, DAMAGES OR RESTORATIONS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER
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