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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Francisco G Kempton, post: 4403442, member: 22714&quot;]It lacks the colour and fine crackle. I have gotten into arguments about this, as it is a touchy area and is not a set rule, however I am going to quote Gothenborg.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]372751[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That us the start of the introduction to satsuma on Gothenborg.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.gotheborg.com/marks/satsuma.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gotheborg.com/marks/satsuma.shtml" rel="nofollow">https://www.gotheborg.com/marks/satsuma.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The equisite beauty of finely crackled and yellowish earthenware that Gothenborg is referring is really beautiful, it is hard to articulate but when you hold one you will instanly appreciate it, bearing in mind some are better than others and even this is open to interpretation and prone to different opinions. There are some fine examples of Awata that really glorify this. However Gotheborg is likley being general.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess&nbsp; this is hermeneutics versus Structualism/Postmodernism and it can lead to disagreements.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your mark is not handdrawn but appears it is stamped, the crackle is not fine, and the colour is too white . Not good in my opinion, almost irrelevant </p><p>artistically.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then again and this important, it doesn&#039;t really matter all that much in relation to period or importance of the artist that made it, or it quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kinkozan, one of the most famous and a greatest Satuma makers in the world, made some very rudimentary looking awata ware, that bears his mark.Some of his awata teapots next to his finely painted scenes from his more famous work could not contrast more. Even among awata satsuma his work does not stand out to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>Importantly Kinkozan and other artists began to experiment around the Meiji period with many artistic flares and your teapot does look like something like this. It has merit, however whether it is Meiji or showa, and or a famous artist..I dont know. The mark looks showa period not meiji, but no resaon it cannot be meiji.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the best approach from here is to indetify the backmark. It is a good artist work.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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