Incense burner with openwork and gold decoration, White Satsuma Ware

Satsuma ware openwork was invented by 12th-generation Chin Jukan around 1879. He uniquely created the technique to apply fine openwork over the entire porcelain, sometimes combining this with painting as well. The sophisticated technique and the refined beauty of his works won him high acclaims at expositions and other events. Today, this technique remains one of the representative techniques of Satsuma ware.