JAPANESE MORIAGE DRAGONWARE TEA SERVICE - VINTAGE FROM IN SOUTH AFRICA

For your consideration is this beautiful Vintage Porcelain Japanese Hand Painted  Dragonware Moriage Tea Service. The set is very impressive having a 3-D effect with raised areas and gold gilded rims and dragons wrapped around them.  It sports a red, white, brown and green dragon in flight with a cloudy blue background and fireballs all around. Dragonware is the term used to describe porcelain or pottery items with a raised decoration which depicts an oriental dragon. These items were produced in Japan from the end of the 1890’s until the mid 1950’s. Most Dragonware pieces are decorated with moriage, which is a type of slip clay that gives the piece a three dimensional appearance.  White dragons are the major raised decorations on the moriage called dragonware.   There is some wear of the gold on the rims, and wear commensurate of age.  As can be seen from 1 of the photographs, there is damage to the lid of the tea pot.  This is not visible when place on the tea pot. The tea pot measures 21cms to the top of the lid, and 20cms  from the spout to the handle.  It weighs 427 grams. The creamer is 11,5cms to the spout and 11,5cms from spout to handle.  It weighs 117 grams. The sugar bowl measures 12cms to the top of the lid, and 14cms from handle to handle.  It weighs 194 grams. Postnet to Postnet will be R100 (plus insurance) for the three items. Thank you for looking.