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Antique KUTANI porcelain Moriage SLEEPING CAT 4”
Antique KUTANI porcelain Moriage SLEEPING CAT 4”
Antique KUTANI porcelain Moriage SLEEPING CAT 4”
Antique KUTANI porcelain Moriage SLEEPING CAT 4”
Antique KUTANI porcelain Moriage SLEEPING CAT 4”
Antique KUTANI porcelain Moriage SLEEPING CAT 4”
Antique KUTANI porcelain Moriage SLEEPING CAT 4”
Antique KUTANI porcelain Moriage SLEEPING CAT 4”
Antique KUTANI porcelain Moriage SLEEPING CAT 4”
Antique KUTANI porcelain Moriage SLEEPING CAT 4”
Antique KUTANI porcelain Moriage SLEEPING CAT 4”
Antique KUTANI porcelain Moriage SLEEPING CAT 4”

Antique KUTANI porcelain Moriage SLEEPING CAT 4”

$ 26.4

Availability: 71 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • Provenance: NA
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Modified Item: No
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
  • California Prop 65 Warning: NA
  • Color: Multi-Color

    Description

    Antique, circa 1900-1920s, 4 inches long, Japanese Kutani porcelain nemuri neko / sleeping cat figure. Predominantly glazed in a dark coral red and a rich, deep blue, and embellished with the raised glaze details typical of the moriage technique. Small, but heavily potted with a small firing hole, signed underneath with painted kanji, “ku” and “tani”. I purchased this about 20 years ago in Los Angeles from one of those beautiful little Asian antique shops that look like they should be in a book. Its age at the time was given as one hundred years (1900), but I think it could be from as late as the 1920s. It has no import marks ( such as “Made in Japan”), which suggests this beautiful little cat was originally purchased in Japan.