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A Kyo-Yaki Barber Bowl Ceramic – Meiji browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Stoneware: Pre 1900: item # 683940 Please refer to our stock # ICHI 927 when inquiring.
Ichiban Japanese & Oriental Antiques Post Office Box 395 Marion, CT 06444-0395 203.272.7392 Guest Book $325.00 |
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| An interesting Kyo-Yaki or Kutani Barber ceramic barber bowl with a cut out to put under the chin while shaving. The bowl has muted colors in the Kutani palette (eggplant, yellow, green and blue) with a scene of a man on a bullock crossing a bridge. The yellow colored bridge appears to be across an inlet of a larger lake with weeping willows and hills in the distance. The man is facing backward on the bullock and is playing a flute – for some reason he does not have any pants on. (One could speculate that he is an absent minded musician who forgot his pants when he mounted his bullock backward as he contemplated his melody? ) The underside of the bowl has no decoration and about a third of the base is unglazed. In the center of the foot, there is a mark in green reserve that translates to Fuku – “Good Luck”. The bowl is in excellent condition with no cracks, chips or restorations. We date it to the early Meiji period, circa 1880s. | ||||||||||||
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