KUTANI JAPANESE PORCELAIN LITHOPANE TEA SET
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Vintage Kutani Japanese Porcelain Tea Set. Silver hand painted over delicate white porcelain. The four teacups all have a lithopane geisha head inside. Set includes a teapot, cream and sugar and 4 lithopane teacups with saucers. A tiny nick to the rim of one teacup. PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Private Estate. A lithophane is an etched or molded artwork in thin very translucent porcelain that can only be seen clearly when back lit with a light source. The word Kutani means Nine Valleys and is the name of an area and a village. The two characters that make up the word Kutani consist of the character for nine, ku and valley. Since Kutani is a place, almost all pieces marked Kutani were decorated there even if by any of the many manufacturers or trading shops, rather than just a single factory.Teapot.3x7x7 tall. To ship 12x12x12 box. Weight 3 pds.
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KUTANI JAPANESE PORCELAIN LITHOPANE TEA SET
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