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414 *
TWO SMALL SATSUMA VASES
One by Kinkozan and one by Hozan,
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Each decorated in enamels and gilt, one
pear-shaped with two panels, one depicting
warriors in battle and the other with two
Chinese scholars conversing in mountainous
landscape on a cobalt-blue ground decorated
with trailing wisteria and maple leaves,
signed on the base with an impressed seal
Kinkozan tsukuru, 15.5cm (6 1/8in) high;
the second vase with two lobed panels
enclosing two figural scenes, one of ladies
cooling off beneath a flowering cherry tree by
a river and a peasant family at their chores
in front of their house on the banks of a lake,
respectively, reserved on a ground with trailing
wisteria, the shoulder with repeated geometric
motifs within comma and zig-zag shaped
cartouches, signed on the base Hozan within
a rectangular reserve, 15.2cm (6in) high. (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,100
414

415 *
A SATSUMA BOWL AND
A SATSUMA PLATE
One by Meizan and one by Kozan,
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt, the interior of the
bowl depicting Gyoran Kannon (Fish-Basket
Kannon) holding a vase of lotus and standing
on the back of a giant carp, surrounded by two
roundels enclosing scrolls, fans, incense burners
interwoven among repeated geometric motifs,
the exterior a band of connected elaborate
panels enclosing two figural and bird-and-flower
scenes, signed on the base Meizan sei, 6.2cm
x 11cm (2 7/16in x 4 5/16in); the second a
415 plate decorated with eight variously-shaped
cartouches in the form of a bell, a bridge post,
boat and a shrine, each enclosing different
scenes and patterns including a samurai
standing outside thatched houses in snow, three
travellers climbing stairs along a cliff and three
geese on a lake, signed on the base Kozan sei,
15cm (5 7/8in) diam. (2).

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

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