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Manufacturer: antique japanese nippon porcelain asparagus dish handpainted
Antique handpainted and gilded Nippon asparagus bowl / dish. Made in Japan, very early 1900's. <P><P>
Measures 11 3/4 inches long; 8 inches wide and just under 3 inches to top of handles. <P><P>
Dish has unusual base, with the bottom walls forming a wavy based support. Curved rectangle, dipping on either side to fascilitate a pair of handles, each moulded as a bent twig with 3-petalled ends.
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Rich gilding all along the borders and handles.<br>
The ground colour ranges from pale to sunbright yellow through red-orange tan and brown. A bunch of asparagus is painted on the surface, one of them seems to have rolled away from the bunch. Colours are pink, purple, yellow and green with brown shades. <P><P>
Underneath is the earliest green Nippon mark of an M in a wreath, used from 1911. <P><P>
Good condition. No chips/cracks/restoration. Negligible gilt loss on edge of rim, mentioned only for the sake of accuracy. |
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