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4 Japanese porcelain cups and saucers – blue and white landscape – Meiji era
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In the late 19th century, as Japan opened up more to the world during the Meiji era, its porcelains began to travel westward. They carried with them a whole world of imagery: distant mountains, wind-bent pines, pavilions, and mist-shrouded landscapes. These four cups and their saucers belong to that universe. Delicate landscapes in camaieu blue unfold on porcelain of a softly ivory white. Mount Fuji can be glimpsed in the distance, sometimes barely sketched, while in the foreground appear trees, rocks, a pavilion, a bridge, or a few birds crossing the sky. The true charm of this set lies in the fact that the landscape is not simply repeated. From one piece to another, the scene evolves. The saucers become almost four small circular prints, each offering its own horizon. The blue is sometimes deep, sometimes extremely light, blending into the whiteness of the porcelain to suggest mist and distance. The cups, low and wide-rimmed, echo this same delicacy. A simple blue line highlights their contours and small handles, leaving ample space for the landscape to express itself. A Japanese mark appears under the pieces, comprising the characters 大日本, Dai Nippon, which can be translated as "Great Japan." This phrasing is found on Japanese porcelains from the Meiji era and here serves as a valuable element for placing the set in its historical context. The craftsmanship, forms, treatment of blue, and this mark point to the late Meiji period, around . More than a century separates us from the table for which they were created. Together, the four cups and their four saucers form a particularly poetic set, somewhere between the art of tea and that of Japanese printmaking. They show the small irregularities and marks naturally associated with their age, visible in the photographs. Sold as a set of 4 cups and 4 saucers.
Additional details:
- Brand: 20eSiecle
- Style: japonais
- Style: Meiji
- Colour: ivoire
- Period: époque Meiji
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ConditionVery goodColorsWhite, BlueMaterialPorcelain
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ProfessionalSaint symphorien des bois, FranceOn Whoppah since August 2026 • 0 sales