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A TALL SATSUMA VASE A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF EIGHT SATSUMA CUPS
By Shotei, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century AND SAUCERS
Decorated in enamels and gilt, the body with a formal repeated design Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
of tall stalks of chrysanthemums growing from behind a brushwood Decorated in enamels and gilt, comprising eight cups and saucers:
fence reserved on a cream ground, the shoulder with a wide band of two matching tea cup and saucer sets, each cup and saucer with two
stylised and tasselled chrysanthemum heads; the neck encircled with rectangular panels enclosing different bird-and-flower scenes, each cup,
shippo-hanabishi (diamond-linked-jewels); signed on the base 4.5cm x 10.5cm (1¾in x 4 1/8in), each saucer, 13cm (5 1/8in) diam.; the
Shotei ga (painted by Shotei) with a seal Shotei. 46.5cm (18¼in) high. third, a coffee cup and saucer, the cup with two panels, one with a pair of
chickens with cotton roses, the other with trailing wisteria, the matching
saucer similarly decorated, the cup, 5.5cm x 7cm (2 1/8in x 2¾in), the
£1,000 - 1,500 saucer, 12.2cm (4 13/16in) diam.; the fourth, a coffee cup and saucer,
JPY150,000 - 230,000 the cup with two panels, one decorated with a group of samurai reading
US$1,400 - 2,100 a scroll, the other with a beautiful lady and children among gathering
herbs, the matching saucer similarly decorated, the cup, 5cm x 7cm
356 (2inx 2¾in), the saucer, 12cm (4¾in) diam.; the fifth, another coffee cup
A LARGE BALUSTER SATSUMA VASE and saucer, the cup with two panels, one depicting a mother teaching
By Kinkozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century dance to her child, the other with a warrior beneath a flowering cherry
Decorated in enamels and gilt, the body with two large rectangular tree, the saucer similarly decorated, the cup, 4.7cm x 6.8cm (1 7/8in x 2
panels, each enclosing a bird-and-flower scene, one showing a 11/16in), the saucer, 10.5cm (4 1/8in) diam.; the sixth, a coffee cup and
saucer, the cup with a continuous mountainous landscape with lake and
cockerel perched on a latticed bamboo fence beneath trailing wisteria
and a hen standing below among flowering shrubs of lilies and wild a temple, the matching saucer similarly decorated, the cup, 5cm x 6.5cm
(2in x 2½in), the saucer, 11cm (4 5/16in) diam.; the seventh, a coffee cup
chrysanthemums growing besides a stream, the other depicting a pair and saucer, the cup with a continuous rice farming scene, the matching
of pheasants foraging for food beside a flowering cherry tree among saucer similarly decorated, the cup, 4.7cm x 6.1cm (1 7/8inx 2 7/16in),
tall stems of basho (Japanese fibre banana) and flowering shrubs of the saucer, 11cm (4 3/8in) diam.; the last another coffee cup and saucer,
morning glory, all reserved on a cobalt-blue ground decorated with the cup depicting a continuous scene of figures enjoying an outing by a
stylised flower heads and foliage, the neck with bands of geometric lake, the saucer similarly decorated, the cup 5cm x 6.5cm (2in x 2½in),
motifs; signed on the base in gilt Kinkozan tsukuru. 40cm (15¾in) high. the saucer, 10.5cm (4 1/8in) diam.; all signed Kinkozan tsukuru, two sets
with an impressed seal of Kinkozan tsukuru. (16).
£3,000 - 5,000
JPY450,000 - 760,000 £1,000 - 1,500
US$4,200 - 7,100 JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,100
Illustrated on page 190.
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