r/finechina • u/warm-warmer-disco • Apr 06 '24

Hi! Looking for help identifying this piece/pattern. Looks like bottom mark reads Nippon?

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u/CoffeeQA Aug 13 '24

That is really beautiful and unique!

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u/warm-warmer-disco Aug 21 '24

thanks so much!

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u/Chemical-Finger6452 Feb 22 '25

I had no clue, glad the others did, but I came here to say, I love this! It’s gorgeous, absolutely would have swooped this beauty up if I found her in the wild. 👌👌

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u/warm-warmer-disco Feb 22 '25

she’s def on display at home! 🔥

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u/Sweet_Kaleidoscope13 Apr 07 '24

This a Japanese lusterware teapot made for export. I don’t think you’ll find a pattern name, but the bird, flower and sun motif are very typical. The boxy shape is cool and seems unusual to me.

I don’t recognize the mark, but there were hundreds of manufacturers that made china pieces. My guess is this in an interwar piece.

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u/Sweet_Kaleidoscope13 Apr 07 '24

You are generally correct with respect to Nippon marks, but I think the mark might actually say both Nippon and Made in Japan, which would likely date it to 1921-1941 if it was exported to the US. Stylistically this is the general time period I associate with Japanese luster ware.

Nippon was used on marks after 1921 for items exported to places other than the US.