Antique Japanese Kutani Coffee Pot Bijin Figures Paradise Bird Butterfly Bamboo Handle Meiji Makie Republic Period

Republic Period

75" wide by 9 1/2" high by 8 1/4" deep

We received this statue from a collector who had been acquiring them for 2 generations

It has an unusual configuration for a tansu

Antique Japanese Kutani Coffee Pot Bijin Figures Paradise Bird Butterfly Bamboo Handle Meiji Makie Republic PeriodJapanese Kutani Coffee Pot Bijin Figures Paradise Bird Butterfly Bamboo Handle Meiji Japan, Meiji period, c. 18681912 Approx. 9 in. H (23 cm); Weight: A large and finely decorated Kutani () coffee pot or hot water jug in the Western export form, the pear shaped body rising to a long angled spout and fitted with a well seated domed lid with striped iron red and gold finial. The bamboo node handle (take gata, ) is modeled with characteristic joint