Asian Artistry!

This beautiful set of six hand painted Nippon three legged soup bowls in a floral pattern are quite collectible.  Marked "hand painted Nippon" on the bottom.

Nippon porcelain refers to ceramic objects stamped with the word Nippon on their bases. The practice began in 1891 in response to the U.S. McKinley Tariff Act, which forbade the import of items that weren’t “plainly marked, stamped, branded, or labeled in legible English words.” Nippon is the English spelling of a pronunciation of what Americans call Japan, but in 1921, the word was ruled Japanese in origin, so Nippon was no longer accepted by U.S. Customs Agents. From then on, imported Japanese china was stamped Japan.