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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ce BCA, post: 3946792, member: 18716&quot;]It is marked Kutani and it has a couple of interesting features.&nbsp; The faces are very Westernised, and this along with the sketch like decoration suggests a post war date.&nbsp; But the fact it is marked with Kanji means it is almost certainly from the inter-war period as [USER=59]@Bakersgma[/USER] says.&nbsp; So for those interested in the subject it demonstrates these Westernised forms were around in the 30&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second interesting point is that although it is Kutani it also has some of the Satsuma style about it, so it may have been produced by a workshop producing both types.&nbsp; Although academically interesting this doesn&#039;t translate into value, but it was a bargain at the price you paid.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kutani is the name of the village in Ishikawa famed for ceramic production, the original Ko Kutani is very different from the later 19th &amp; 20th century export ware (like yours) we are familiar with.&nbsp; The name comes from the region where it was most commonly produced.&nbsp; Kutani is also porcelain bodied as opposed to Satsuma which is pottery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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