Japan Marks - Empress of Japan & other Kiri Paulownia Trademarks |
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 Pair of Gilded Moriage Figural Sleeping Cat Censors in Bone China Porcelain |
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| circa 1921 Paulownia Kiri HAND PAINTED MADE IN JAPAN in black or red stamp mark | ||||||||||||||||
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| This mark is listed in Carole Bess White books "Made in Japan" but there is no notation to its maker. | ||||||||||||||||
| This mark is listed in Price Guide to Oriental Antiques as a Post-Nippon era mark. | ||||||||||||||||
| Other Paulownia Backstamp Marks | ||||||||||||||||
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| This mark is listed in Joan Van Patten books "Nippon Porcelain" as Nippon mark #74 Paulownia with HAND PAINTED NIPPON and kiri no mon (paulownia) crest used by Empress of Japan. Note: The paulownia kiri no mon crest is an royal emblem used by the Empress of Japan. But it is unclear whether is a company named Empress of Japan. | ||||||||||||||||
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| This mark is listed in Joan Van Patten books "Nippon Porcelain" as Nippon mark #73 Paulownia Hand Painted NIPPON. | ||||||||||||||||
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| This mark is the same as the mark above but with MADE IN JAPAN #73-2 Paulownia Hand Painted MADE IN JAPAN. This mark is considered to be a TRANSITIONAL NIPPON mark and used during the latter Nippon era (Taisho period, 1913-1920). | ||||||||||||||||
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