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TWO SATSUMA VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt, the first with
a petal rim and painted with two panels, one
depicting a outdoor scene of a samurai family
celebrating the healthy growth of their infant
son, the other with autumnal flowers growing
against a bamboo fence, on a cobalt-blue
ground of foliate motifs, signed on the base
Kinkozan, with an impressed mark Kinkozan
tsukuru, 14cm (5½in) high; the second vase
with two lobed panels in the upper section
enclosing a building nestled among pine trees
in a rocky lakescape on a cobalt-blue ground
of sparse formal foliate motifs, the lower
section painted with seasonal flowers including
irises, fuyo (rose mallow) and chrysanthemums
encircling the bottom section between narrow
bands of shippo-zunagi (linked-jewels), signed
on the base Shisui and Kinkozan tsukuru,
13cm (5 1/8in) high. (2). 368

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,100
369
TWO MINIATURE SATSUMA VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt, the first
an ovoid vase with a continuous scene of
small birds in flight among trailing vines and
wisteria above flowering stalks of peonies
growing around a pond, signed on the base
Awata, Kinkozan and with an impressed seal
Kinkozan tsukuru, 10.5cm (4 1/8in) high; the
second vase with two wide rectangular panels
on the squat spherical body, one depicting
a family of peasants at their daily chores, the
other with a pair of cockerel and hen among
flowers, all reserved on a cobalt-blue ground
decorated with sprays of fern, signed on the
base Nihon Kyoto Kinkozan,
9cm (3½in) high. (2). 369
£1,800 - 2,500
JPY270,000 - 380,000
US$2,500 - 3,500

370
A PAIR OF SMALL SLENDER
SATSUMA VASES
By Bizan, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt, each vase with
two large panels, depicting similar scenes,
one enclosing a courtier and his attendant
among hagi (bush clover) on the banks of
Noji no Tamagawa (the Crystal River in Noji),
the other depicting a Heian-period princess
and attandant in a garden beside thatched
buildings, on a ground of overlapping
brocade; each vase signed on the base in gilt
Bizan within a square seal.
Each vase 11.5cm (4½in) high. (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,100 370

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