Fine Antique Japanese Kawamoto Eggshell Porcelain Tea Set. Incredible hand painted Japanese tea set. Very high quality set with fantastic painting, built in strainer for teapot, every piece is marked. Each piece is hand painted on all sides. Every piece marked as shown.
Teapot is 7" tall x 7.25" wide with spout, cups and saucer are regular sized teacups 3 7/8" wide cups without handles x 5 7/8" wide saucers. No cracks, chips, or restorations, I've looked it over a dozen times.
Very thin and fragile, well cared for top quality porcelain. Kawamoto, two brothers, Kawamoto Kengo, and Kawamoto Hideo, were Meiji period Yokohama exporter, on either side of 1900; won bronze medals at the 1905 St. Louis World Exposition (38) and 1910 Japan-Britain Exposition (43). The item "Fine Antique Japanese Kawamoto Eggshell Porcelain Tea Set" is in sale since Tuesday, September 14, 2021. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Asian\1900-Now\Japanese\Teapots & Tea Sets". The seller is "iclawler" and is located in Austin, Texas. This item can be shipped worldwide.