What kind of egg is a Satsuma egg?
🙂 What you have is a Satsuma “style” egg, probably chinese made. Real antique Satsuma was created and made in the Meiji Period (1868-1912), Japan didn’t start using english lettering until the 1940’s. Antique Satsuma has hand painted makers marks in kanji script (usually with the Shimazu family crest at the top-cross in circle) .
Can you tell if a piece of Satsuma pottery is real?
“I’m sorry to say that this piece is not a real Satsuma antique, it is a mass-produced copy, probably not even made in Japan” Being able to determine which item is real and which is a copy or fake is not an easy task. You will need to be able to find the marking on the item and confirm that it is the real deal and not a copy.
What kind of finish does an antique Satsuma have?
Antique Satsuma is known for a warm beige crackle finish and comparitively minimal decoration. Around the 1970’s other countries started mass producing fakes like Royal Satsuma, Gold Satsuma and Satsuma-Made in China. My best advice, if you like it, keep it! (if you want some cool history, google the Shimazu Satsuma Clan)
🙂 What you have is a Satsuma “style” egg, probably chinese made. Real antique Satsuma was created and made in the Meiji Period (1868-1912), Japan didn’t start using english lettering until the 1940’s. Antique Satsuma has hand painted makers marks in kanji script (usually with the Shimazu family crest at the top-cross in circle) .
How to read Satsuma marks-antique Japanese pottery?
If there are 2 lines of Kanji characters, move to the left and start at the top of the next line, reading downwards again. Many of the Japanese makers marks on Satsuma porcelain or pottery are simply the name of the person who made the item, or a generic marking such as “Dai Nippon Satsuma”.
What’s the history of the Satsuma dish in Japan?
A Satsuma dish signed Kinrando and a pair of Satuma vases signed Yaki Hattori, Meiji Period. Sold for €500 via Tajan (October 2018). In over 12,000 years of the Japanese tradition, few items have been considered more precious than finely crafted Japanese pottery.
Where can I find Satsuma Bowls from the Edo period?
While some workshops, like the Taizan or the Kinkozan, continued to produce works into the late 19th century, such works are exceedingly rare and very precious, generally found in museums or in Japanese personal collections. Late Edo period Satsuma bowl with relief dragon and polychrome chrysanthemum design.
Is the Satsuma pottery made in China or Japan?
It’s a mass produced copy probably made in the Satsuma style. Authentic Satsuma does not have English writing on. Also, Satsuma was made in Japan, not China. ReplyBy Post Author Bree evanssays:
How to spot an example of a fake Satsuma pottery?
Or How To Spot A Fake An example of a real Satsuma marking. Note the Shimazu crest at the top (circle with a cross) The team and I get plenty of emails from readersof this site asking us to look at their Satsuma Pottery and tell them the value, the history and anything about it we can.
Is there such a thing as mass produced Satsuma ware?
Satsuma ware continued to be mass-produced through the modern period, though quality declined to the point where it eventually lost interest for consumers. The response of critics and collectors to mass-produced Satsuma ware was and is overwhelmingly negative.
When did Satsuma stop being a geographical marker?
“Satsuma” ceased to be a geographical marker and began to convey an aesthetic. By 1873, etsuke (絵付け) workshops specializing in painting blank-glazed stoneware items from Satsuma had sprung up in Kobe and Yokohama.
Antique Satsuma is known for a warm beige crackle finish and comparitively minimal decoration. Around the 1970’s other countries started mass producing fakes like Royal Satsuma, Gold Satsuma and Satsuma-Made in China. My best advice, if you like it, keep it! (if you want some cool history, google the Shimazu Satsuma Clan)
