Antique Nippon TE-OH China Hand Painted Moriage Violet Teapot Sugar Bowl Set For Sale

This is a gorgeous, antique two-piece porcelain tea service set from the highly collectible Nippon era. The set includes a single-handled lidded teapot and a matching dual-handled lidded sugar bowl. Both pieces are beautifully decorated with large, vibrant purple hand-painted sweet violets, soft green leaves, and delicate pink accent buds.Bright gold gilt framing highlights the handles, spouts, and the star-designed finial knobs on the lids.The teapot features a classic single-handled pouring silhouette, while the matching sugar bowl features elegant double-loop handles. This near-complete service set serves as a premier display for collectors of antique Nippon porcelain, Victorian-style dinnerware, or early 20th-century Asian decorative arts.A defining feature of this specific set is the intricate green band accented with pristine white moriage. This moriage technique utilizes hand-applied, raised slip-glaze detailing to create dimensional, textured scrollwork rings around the rims and lids. Every loop of the raised enamel is crisp and unbroken. Brilliant gold gilt highlights accentuate the handles, spouts, and starburst finials. The bases bear the authentic historical green TE-OH underglaze backstamp, certifying genuine Japanese export heritage 1891–1921 (Nippon Export Era).
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