Vintage Green Hand Painted Japanese Moriage Dragonware Tea Set Geisha Lithopane

  
Vintage Green Hand Painted Japanese Moriage Dragonware Tea Set Geisha Lithopane Cups (18 pc). Rare set comprises of a large teapot with lid, a water/milk jug with lid, a sugar bowl with lid, 4 geisha Lithopane cups, 4 saucers and. All pieces are embossed with moulded dragons and stamped with Made in Japan with exception to the tea cups as this would dampen the effect of the Lithopane geisha bases (please see photos provided to truly appreciate this feature). The dragons are also edged and beaded with tube-line or Moriage enamel, and painted in white and red primarily. Cup - 12cm width (including handle) x 5.5cm height. Saucer - 14cm width x 2cm height. Jug - 19cm width (including handle & spout) x 15.5cm height (including lid).

Sugar Bowl - 19cm width (including handles) x 15.5cm height (including lid). Teapot - 24cm width (including spout and handle) x 19cm height (including lid).

Dragonware tea sets were produced in Japan from the end of the 1800s. They were decorated using moriage, a style of porcelain decoration that lays beads of porcelain on the item prior to kiln firing, and then hand painting them later. Other design techniques include satsuma pieces which add a satsuma and enamelled handles to the moriage dragon a coralene design using tiny glass beads. The tea cups have lithophanes inside on the bottom of the cup, a raised design, of a Geisha. The set is in excellent condition with only a few tiny marks to the gilding commiserate with age and not affecting the look or value of the tea set. A true collector's item. Please check out my other items for sale. This item is in the category "Antiques\Asian/Oriental Antiques\Japanese\Porcelain".

The seller is "yestery_48" and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom.

• Region of Origin: Japan
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Product: Moriage Dragon Tea Set
• Primary Material: Porcelain
• Original/Repro: Vintage Original