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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

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