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                                                                              Another Property
                                                                              (Lots 406-415)

                                                                              406  *
                                                                              A ROUNDED BALUSTER SATSUMA VASE
                                                                              By Matsumoto Hozan, Meiji era (1868-1912),
                                                                              late 19th/early 20th century
                                                                              Decorated in enamels and gilt, the body with
                                                                              two lobed panels enclosing a middle-class
                                                                              lady and daughter at leisure in a garden on a
                                                                              summer evening and several samurai at battle
                                                                              on the other separated by overlapping fans
                                                                              of various sizes decorated with contrasting
                                                                              designs floating above waves, the shoulder
                                                                              with densely clustered autumnal flowerheads,
                                                                              the foot with a band of heart-shaped panels
                                                                              enclosing wave patterns alternating with
                                                                              hanabishi shippo-zunagi (flowery-diamond
                                                                              linked-jewels) beneath another band of maple
                                                                              leaves strewn on a meandering stream;
                                                                              signed on the base with a seal Dai Nihon
                                                                              Kyoto Matsumoto Hozan beneath the Yasuda
                                                                              Company trade mark. 17cm (6 5/8in) high.

                                                                              £1,500 - 2,000
                                                                              JPY230,000 - 300,000
             (reverse)                   408                                  US$2,100 - 2,800

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