Antique Imperial Nippon Hand Painted Moriage Vase with Scroll Handles

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Antique Imperial Nippon Hand Painted 11.75-Inch Vase • Scroll Handles • Moriage.

Nippon porcelain refers to vases, teapots, wall plaques, … Read more Antique Imperial Nippon Hand Painted 11.75-Inch Vase • Scroll Handles • Moriage.

Nippon porcelain refers to vases, teapots, wall plaques, humidors, and other ceramic objects stamped with the word Nippon on their bases. The practice began in 1891 in response to the U.S. McKinley Tariff Act, which forbade the import of items that were not “plainly marked, stamped, branded, or labeled in legible English words.” Nippon is an English word approximating a pronunciation of the Japanese word for Japan. By 1921 the word was ruled to be Japanese in origin, so Nippon was no longer accepted by U.S. Customs Agents. From then on, imported Japanese china was stamped Japan. These pieces marked Imperial Nippon were manufactured between 1891 and 1921 and were meant to be sold to the United States. They were hand-painted in an elaborate manner that did not appeal to the spartan Japanese tastes of the day. Some of pieces, including this one, had moriage applied, in which clay was applied to a piece like icing on a cake, before being glazed or gilded.

This beautiful vase is in very good condition with only very minor signs of age and handling. See less