A Rare Early Japanese Celadon Porcelain Cup Stand.

A Rare Early Japanese Celadon Porcelain Cup Stand, perhaps Mitsunomata Kiln, Nagasaki prefecture, Hasami ware c.1630-1640. A flat tripod stand which is related, but of a very different shape, is in the Kyushu Ceramic Museum (see references below). This stand has a pale celadon glaze, it’s rather unevenly applied and relatively thin. This Japanese celadon stand has a different look to Chinese celadons from the Longquan kiln, in that it lacks the fine suffused bubbles of Chinese celadons. The bubbles are often said to make the celadon look softer, as the tiny bubbles bounce back the light in a scattered way. However, this very early Japanese celadon looks soft, almost creamy due to the bright white porcelain shining through. This is cup stand, but that doesn’t necessary mean a celadon cup would have been made for this stand. Stands sometimes had different cups, I once had a Chinese Mingqi cup with stand made as one piece glazed together with the cup, the stand was brown and the cup white. Sometimes stands had cups made from different materials. That isn’t to say the present example didn’t have a Hasami ware celadon cup made for it. The present stand, has a moulded prunus flower with an iron 0xide decorated stalk and three flower buds . SOLD See Below For More Photographs and Information