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Subject:Help with translating the writing at the bottom of a cloisonne vase
Posted By: Ray Fri, Apr 23, 2021 IP: 67.162.76.158
Would someone please translate what is written at the bottom of the vase?
Thanks.







Subject:Re: Help with translating the writing at the bottom of a cloisonne vase
Posted By: Guy Sat, Apr 24, 2021
The inscription reads:

'Dai Nippon Kaiyôsha kojin Takenouchi'
大日本　開洋仕　コ人竹ノ内
(Imperial Japan, Kaiyosha, craftsman Takenouchi).

Totai-jippô (partial plique-à-jour) applied on Seto ceramics, made in the Kaiyôsha workshop in Nagoya, decorator Takenouchi Chûbei, date ca. 1878-1885.

Guy.

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Subject:Re: Help with translating the writing at the bottom of a cloisonne vase
Posted By: I.Nagy Sat, Apr 24, 2021
大日本　　　-　Dai-Nippon
開洋社 - Kaiyōsha
工人作ノ内 -　Kōjin-saku no uchi - From the works of craftsmen

Meiji export ceramics. Kaiyōsha was a short lived company estabilished by Matsumura Kusuke in Nagoya in 1891 and dissolved in 1897.

With regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: Help with translating the writing at the bottom of a cloisonne vase
Posted By: Ray Tue, Apr 27, 2021
Thank you very much Guy and I.Nagy for the very helpful information; really appreciated.
Ray

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