A Fine Underglaze & Overglaze Enamelled Yugyokuen Studio Vase. Kato Tomotaro

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A Fine Underglaze & Overglaze Enamelled Yugyokuen Studio Vase. Kato Tomotaro:
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A Fine Underglaze And Overglaze Enamelled Studio Porcelain Bottle Iris Vase
Yūgyokuén workshop, Katō Tomotarō (1851-1916), Meiji period, late 19th/early 20th century
stoutly potted white porcelain of compressed cylindrical form with an underglaze pale orange-brown rim, the sides finely painted in bright underglaze blue tones, translucent overglaze green enamel and partially amber enamel with flowering branches of iris in a pond with rippling waves rendered in sumihajiki, reserved on a hazy underglaze pale orange-brown and pale blue ground, an underglaze-blue yūgyokuén tōju séi (manufactured at the Yūgyokuén workshop) six-character mark to the base, some kiln-grit adhering to the thickly potted footring, some manufacturing imperfections to the glaze, partly soiled

The porcelain vase was manufactured at the Yūgyokuén workshop some time during the late Meiji period (1868-1912). This widely-renowned porcelain workshop is said to have been established in Koishikawa (Tōkyō) by the Séto-born potter Katō Tomotarō in 1883. The large underglaze decorated Yūgyokuén Studio porcelain vase (27.16 in. high) with a pair of carp is very well known to have won a honourable award at the Chicago Universal Exposition in 1893. The underglaze blue mark on the base is one of the variations adopted by his workshop. The two-character mark Tōju was his gō, the artist name of Katō Tomotarō. The number of existing pieces manufactured in the Yūgyokuén workshop is much smaller in comparison with that of the Makuzu-studio under Miyagawa Kōzan I (1842-1916) and other contemporary studio potters.

Approximate measurements
19.5 cm (7.67 in) high, 18 cm (7.08 in) maximum wide, 8 cm (3.14 in) maximum liprim wide

Condition
Excellent professional restoration to a shallow chip of the outer edge of the liprim (almost unnoticeable and difficult to spot the restored area with the naked eye) unless otherwise undamaged with no cracks, chips and restoration. Some losses of translucent green enamels and old wear to the glaze in general use.

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