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Hello, I have this broken figurine. I would like to know if it has any value now that it is broken. Thank you!

It's a bit difficult to say what it was when fresh from the kiln, but it undoubtedly is the remnant of early 20th century Sumida Gawa pottery with a small blue & white plaque bearing the mark of potter Ishiguro Koko.

Best regards,

Bill H

This is Sumida ware made by Koko Ishiguro.
On the Gotheborg website on the Sumida page this mark 香二 is wrongly translated as Banni.

Koko had 2 marks with only his name Koko: 香二 and 香々.

The first Kanji is 香 "Ko", and the second 二 and 々 can be considered as an iteration mark used in an old Chinese way for character repeating, so in that case it actually says: "Ko" (twice), so "Koko".

On marks with his full name Ishiguro Koko, the Koko name was also seen as 香香 or 香々
See my pictures.

I think this piece of yours is worth restoring in a proper way, it is ultimately over 100 years old, probably late Meiji era.
Regards,
Martin.

Thank you so much! I wouldn't know how or where to go to restore it but I will definitely ask around.

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