Taizan (Active circa 1900)


A Kutani cup Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryPorcelain, decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt with a set of karuta cards depicting the 100 classical poets anthologized by Fujiwara Teika, with a petal border at the foot and a floral band and the rim, the interior intricately decorated in black enamel on a white ground listing the names of the poets and the first line of their poems, the underside signed Kutani Taizan in a gilt cartouche 3in (7.6cm) high