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Subject:Help needed with a Japanese figurine
Posted By: sylvia Mon, Oct 12, 2020 IP: 75.162.104.214

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







Subject:Re: Help needed with a Japanese figurine
Posted By: Bill H Mon, Oct 12, 2020

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

Subject:Re: Help needed with a Japanese figurine
Posted By: Martin Michels Mon, Oct 12, 2020

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.







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Subject:Re: Help needed with a Japanese figurine
Posted By: sylvia Tue, Oct 20, 2020

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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