Japanese Antique Ceramic Signatures

Identifying a mark on a piece of pottery or porcelain is often the first step in researching the value of these antique and collectible pieces.

Japanese antique ceramic signatures.

The word nippon is the official name of the country of japan and japanese makers and trading companies initially marked their wares with the name nippon. We acquire stock for our japanese antique online shop through various secret sources within japan. I am in a financial crisis and i need your help. Identifying japanese ceramics and porcelain through the signatures and marks on them can be difficult since many makers used combinations of similar markings.

Marks was also applied for different reasons that on the chinese porcelain. Many early japanese pottery marks were hand painted as they were viewed as a signature. Unlike the signatures on modern art prints it should never be interpreted as a proof of genuineness. The noritake company.

It is a mistake to assume all occupied japan ceramics are of poor quality. Japanese porcelain marks. Some figurine pieces were well done. Many were copycat stylistic reproductions of hummel meissen royal doulton and victorian area figurines.

A mark made by stencil is a much later way of marking dating from the showa period 1926 to 1989. List of japanese porcelain maker s marks and signatures on antique modern japanese porcelain. To show your appreciation for this site and help me avoid becoming homeless please donate. View view view.

Ikai yūichi s works are signed or stamped around the footring with the kanji character for yuichi his given name. Personal signatures by the artists involved are quite common. However in 1921 the us congress requested that japanese customs authorities change the name to japan. Maker s marks and artist s signatures on antique and modern japanese porcelain.

The case of nippon or japanese porcelain marks is a bit more peculiar. Identify the maker of your japanese ceramics in alphabetical order. This guide provides marks found on both antique and contemporary collectible pottery and porcelain from the united states and other countries and includes dating information and a brief history relating. To illustrate how difficult it can be to pinpoint an item s manufacturing period both arita ware from the qianlong period 18th century and from the 1970s.

Occupied japan ceramic figurines mimic american and european examples. The old japanese ceramic industry was in many ways smaller in scale compared to the chinese. The wooden presentation box is signed with the same name and stamped. Our stock of rare one of a kind japanese antiques is always changing so check back regularly.