Bidspirit auction | Porcelain Moriage Dragon Tea Set

Porcelain Moriage Dragon Tea Set - A porcelain tea set featuring raised moriage dragon decoration. The group consists of a lidded pot, a lidded sugar bowl, a creamer, six cups, and six saucers. The interiors of the cups are finished with an iridescent orange lusterware glaze. The handles and rims are finished with gold gilding and additional moriage scrollwork. The underside of a saucer features a red hand-painted mark reading MADE IN TAPAN, a known variation of the Japan export mark. Pot Height: 7 1/2 inches Cup Height: 2 inches Saucer Diameter: 4 1/2 inches The set is in fair antique condition. The creamer has a broken handle, which is detached and present in three separate shards. The pot spout has a small chip at the tip. There is visible rubbing and loss to the gold gilding on the rims of the cups and saucers. Typical manufacturing artifacts including minor glaze pinholes and iron spots are present.