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           TWO SATSUMA DISHES               AN OVOID SATSUMA VASE             A TALL SATSUMA CYLINDRICAL VASE
           One by Kinkozan and one by Unzando,    By Kizan, Meiji era (1868-1912),    Painted by Sozan for the Kinkozan Company,
           Meiji era (1868-1912),           late 19th/early 20th century      Meiji era (1868-1912),
           late 19th/early 20th century     Decorated in enamels and gilt, the front   late 19th/early 20th century
           Each decorated in enamels and gilt, the first   painted with an outdoor scene depicting   Finely and delicately painted in three subtle
           a rectangular dish depicting figures enjoying   two young ladies accompanied by two girls   tones of sumi (ink) with an atmospheric and
           the hanami (cherry-blossom-viewing) season   strolling along the shores of a lake within a   peaceful evening design flowing around the
           on the banks of a lake, some ladies gathered   floriform cartouche, reserved on a cream   body with a bamboo grove beside pools of
           at the veranda of a teahouse beside flowering   ground painted with a large pink plum tree   water, each row of stems of bamboo bending
           shrubs of peonies, the base signed with an   with its branches spreading across the body   in the gentle evening breeze, diminishing in
           impressed seal Kinkozan tsukuru, 3cm x   and continuing on the reverse, three uguisu   size and fading into the distance, the reverse
           13cm x 21cm (1 1/16in x 5 1/8in x 8¼in); the   (bush warblers) perched or in flight among the  with the roofs of two thatched dwellings
           second a circular dish showing a family outing  flowering branches, the shoulder decorated   nestled at the foot of bamboo, Mount
           on a spring evening enclosed within a floral   with overlapping assorted brocade beneath   Fuji soaring in the distance, between two
           cartouche, signed on the base    a square rim; signed on the base in gilt Kizan   contrasting simple, narrow bands of shippo-
           Nihon Unzando, 18cm (7 1/16in) diam. (2).  kore o tsukuru within a seal. 19cm (7½in) high. zunagi (linked-jewels) in bright gilt encircling
                                                                              the rim and foot; signed at lower right with
           £1,000 - 1,500                   £2,000 - 3,000                    a gold seal Sozan and on the base with a
           JPY150,000 - 230,000             JPY300,000 - 450,000              seal Kinkozan tsukuru and an impressed seal
           US$1,400 - 2,100                 US$2,800 - 4,200                  Kinkozan. 25.3cm (10in) high.

                                                                              £2,500 - 3,500
                                                                              JPY380,000 - 530,000
                                                                              US$3,500 - 4,900


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