Vintage Japanese Dragon Moriage Demitasse Cup & Saucer Lithophane Geisha Hand Painted
$42.08
Vintage Japanese Dragon Moriage Demitasse Cup & Saucer Lithophane Geisha Hand Painted
A striking vintage Japanese porcelain demitasse cup and matching saucer, beautifully decorated with traditional Japanese dragon motifs.
The cup and saucer have a dramatic graduated black, charcoal grey and white ground, embellished with highly detailed dragons picked out in raised moriage-style enamel decoration. The dragons feature white, black, blue, turquoise and red detailing, with further gilt highlights and a gold-painted handle and rims.
The raised decoration gives the dragons an almost three-dimensional appearance, particularly around the scales, wings, whiskers and facial features.
A particularly charming feature is the lithophane portrait concealed in the base of the cup. When the cup is held towards the light, the moulded image of a Japanese woman/geisha can be seen through the porcelain — a feature popularly associated with Japanese export tea and coffee wares of the mid-20th century.
The underside of the saucer bears a small hand-painted red Japanese mark.
This is a lovely decorative example of Japanese export porcelain and would appeal to collectors of Japanese ceramics, dragon ware, moriage porcelain, lithophane cups and Oriental decorative antiques.
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