Pair of Vintage Fukagawa Seijji Cobalt Blue Sake Bottles

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The beautiful and rich cobalt blue glaze is a signature glaze of the Fukagawa factory. Decorated on each bottle over … Read more The beautiful and rich cobalt blue glaze is a signature glaze of the Fukagawa factory. Decorated on each bottle over the deep rich cobalt blue glaze are lighter blue leaves with veins in a deeper color and some even highlighted in gold.. The leaves appear to be grape leaves are hanging off vines with red grapes outlined in gold. Gold is also found on the rims. The porcelain is very fine. The Fukagawa mark - Mt Fuiji outlined in blue over the characters of Fukagawa is under the glaze is used in the 1950's.

The name Fukagawa may mean a lot to collectors of Japanese porcelains in this country but in Japan, the name is highly revered. Potters from the Fukagawa Family started work at the Imari kilns in Kyushu Island, Japan in 1650. Fukagawa Chuji was the best known Imari designer. He started his own ceramics company in 1894. The company was awarded the Grand Prize at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, and in 1910 FUKAGAWA-SEIJI was appointed official purveyor to the Japanese Imperial Household. This practice continues today See less