Antique Japanese Porcelain Fuuki Choshun Bowl
This is a Japanese antique porcelain bowl or Hachi. It is a vessel of Fuki Choshun of Koimari ware. Fuki means peony, and Choshun means Choshunka = four-season rose. Fuki Choshun originated in the Ming and Qing dynasties of China.
As a result, it became popular in Arita from the 1700s to the 1780s. After that, for some reason, this brand was revived at the end of the Edo period and the Meiji period.
This piece has been repaired. Japanese value repaired objects as it demonstrates Wabi Sabi. People in Japan appreciate the life of the object and the repairs represent the journey of the object through its life.
We acquired this item from an old family estate sale in Nagoya, Japan