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104 | BONHAMS NAKAMURA FOR THE KINKOZAN WORKSHOP
An unusual brown-ground Satsuma vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The lobed vase with a square, sloping shoulder and a quadrilobe
mouth and decorated in colored enamels and gilt with two large
shaped panels containing women preparing tea leaves and a group of
people enjoying displays of chrysanthemums and two smaller panels
painted with articles used in the tea ceremony, the surrounding area
painted with tightly scrolling vines and flowers and swathes of of silk
brocade, the underside signed Kinkozan tsukuru and Nakamura and
with impressed signatureKinkozan tsukuru
9 5/8in (24.3cm) high
US$10,000 - 15,000
Exhibited:
Columbia, Columbia Museum of Art, "Meiji Magic, Imperial Porcelain
from Japan from the Collection of Alex and Barbara Kasten", 3
January- 18 May, 2014
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SHOZAN
A large Satsuma vase
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century
Decorated in colored enamels and gilt with a dynamic design of a
gathering of noble warriors watching a sumo match between retainers,
the makeshift ring beneath a blossoming cherry tree with mountains
in the distance, the rim decorated with a band of stylized confronted
sparrows, signed on the underside Shozan seizo
13in (33cm) high
US$12,000 - 18,000
Exhibited:
Columbia, Columbia Museum of Art, "Meiji Magic, Imperial Porcelain
from Japan from the Collection of Alex and Barbara Kasten", 3
January- 18 May, 2014
