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I have posted a picture (blogspot below) of a pot that belonged to my grandmother. She passed in 1999 just before her 99th birthday. We don't know where, when or how it managed to land in her possession. The only thing we do know, is that it is Japanese or at least the potter is/was.

Any assistance would be most appreciated!

Kind Regards

Terri

sorry forgot to post link to blog

http://troypottery.blogspot.com/

Hello Terri,

Your pot /lidded vase is Japanese indeed and is probably cracled. I think it's Kyoto-Satsuma ware and my guess for dating is the later part of Meiji periode. Sorry, can't help you with the mark. Hope others can.

regards,
Arjan

Hi Arjan

Thank-you so much for your reply, you have provided me with a lot of new information!

From what I learned so far, the mark means "made by Yasuda"

kind regards

Terri

Terri, your mark reads "Yasuda Zo" (Made by Yasuda). As Arjan mentioned, your Satsuma-style crackleware vase looks like a Kyoto product, and my google search of that name indeed did turn up a couple of references to a Yasuda Studio in Kyoto, where well known artists such a Ryozan are said by one source to have worked during the Meiji Period.

I've included the link to one of the sources here, showing what is indicated to be a circa 1900 Yasuda mark, consisting of the two-character name within gilt borders on a rectangular iron red field. Your mark is more casually written, suggesting to me that your vase may be a post-Meiji piece.

Regards,

Bill H

URL Title :Yasuda Marked Plate

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