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RYOZAN, FOR THE YASUDA COMPANY KINKOZAN WORKSHOP
A Satsuma vase and cover A globular Satsuma vase
Meiji era(1868-1912), late 19th century Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century
The compressed ovoid vase decorated in colored enamels and gilt Finely painted in colored enamels and gilt with a continuous frieze
with people enjoying outdoor excursions before Mount Fuji and distant of fighting roosters and hens beneath blossoming cherry trees and
mountains, the scene punctuated with a dragon roundel and a floral peonies, and other smaller birds by a stream and stands of plants
band, the shoulder and foot with brocade swathes and floral lozenges, and flowers, the shoulder and foot painted with shaped reserves of
the manju-shaped cover painted with entertainers banded with floral geometric designs and stylized phoenix on a ground of gilt clouds and
and geometric patterns, signed underside Dai Nihon Kyoto Tojiki flower heads raised slightly in relief, signed on the underside Kyoto
Goshi gaisha Ryozan with the Yasuda Company mark Awata Kinkozan tsukuru among wisteria and with impressed signature
8 7/8in (22.5cm) high Kinkozan tsukuru
9 1/4in (23.4cm) high
US$10,000 - 15,000
US$12,000 - 18,000
Exhibited:
Columbia, Columbia Museum of Art, "Meiji Magic, Imperial Porcelain Exhibited:
from Japan from the Collection of Alex and Barbara Kasten", 3 Columbia, Columbia Museum of Art, "Meiji Magic, Imperial Porcelain
January- 18 May, 2014 from Japan from the Collection of Alex and Barbara Kasten", 3
January- 18 May, 2014

Published:
Ghisela Jahn, Meiji Ceramics, The art of Japanese Export Porcelain
and Satsuma Ware 1868-1912, (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 2004), pl. 95,
pg. 168.

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