Antique Japanese Kutani Aka-e Export Ewer Pitcher Peony Bamboo Handle Meiji 9 Inch Charger This is an antique Japanese

This is an antique Japanese Misedansu or shop chest in two sections

75" at the widest point and is 12” tall

the 1st generation Matsuyama Gaei went to mainland China as consul

This is an antique Japanese early Edo period 17th century (c

The handles are very robust

Antique Japanese Kutani Aka-e Export Ewer Pitcher Peony Bamboo Handle Meiji 9 Inch Charger This is an antique JapaneseJapanese Kutani Aka e Export Ewer Pitcher Peony Bamboo Handle Meiji 9 Inch Japan, Meiji period, c. 18681912 Approx. 9 in. H (23 cm); Weight: A large and shapely Kutani () export ewer in the Western pitcher form, produced for the European and American market during the height of the Meiji era Japonisme trade. The generous pear shaped body rises to a high arching trilobed spout, the whole carried by a boldly modeled bamboo node handle (take gata, )