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SATSUMA EARTHENWARE
Property from a European
Private Collection
350 (Lots 349-390)
349
SIX MINIATURE SATSUMA VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th /early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt, comprising a
slender rectangular pair, each with two panels,
one enclosing the domestic scene of a middle-
class family gathering inside a house, the
other with Chinese courtiers strolling along the
seashore, each signed on the base Dai Nihon
Satsuma bijutsu, each 8cm (3 1/8in) high; the
third a baluster vase with two circular panels,
one with a mother and two boys in a garden,
the other with autumnal foliage, signed on the
base with a seal Koiwa, 9cm (3½in) high; the
fourth a slender vase decorated with butterflies
hovering among trailing wisteria, signed on the
base in gilt Hotoda tsukuru, affixed to a wood
stand, 11cm (4¼in) high including stand; the
fifth and sixth a pair of baluster vases, each
similarly decorated with minute butterflies
among purple, pink and blue trailing wisteria
351 around the body, each signed on the base
Kinzan, each vase 4cm (1 5/8in) high. (6).
£1,200 - 1,800
JPY180,000 - 270,000
US$1,700 - 2,500
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
186 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.