Porcelain Cat-large-chinese Imari-old -dragon Year 1980-signed-hand Painted

  
OLD PORCELAIN- YEAR OF THE DRAGON. 14"High x 8" Wide x 6 Deep (36 x 20 x 15 cm). White background with purple/blue, yellow and red flowers. (Made in the year of the Dragon). Likely to be from the 1980s.

The porcelain figure are likely to have been made in China and decorated at the Overjoy Porcelain Factory or maybe at Ah Chou Factory (The owners of the 2 factories are related). These two porcelain decoration'factories' specialized in decorating blank porcelain dinnerware and objects, such as the cats, flower pots, vases, candlesticks, etc. Mainly for foreign "expats" who had moved to Hong Kong. The blanks for the dinnerware came from Japan, while the blanks for the other objects usually came from China. There are sample patterns, or customers can make up their own design, or the factories will also copy any pattern the customer prefers.

They were proud of the fact that the enamels for decorating their wares all came from Germany, thus were safe vis a vis food consumption, unlike some of the dinnerware from China. The blue that's painted on this cat is the standard dark non-cobalt blue that they used, and still do use.

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This item is in the category "Collectibles\Animals\Cats\Figurines". The seller is "endlessdeals4you954" and is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Country/Region of Manufacture: China
• Material: Porcelain