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SOZAN FOR THE KINKOZAN WORKSHOP KINKOZAN WORKSHOP
An unusual brown-ground Satsuma vase A large cobalt-ground Satsuma vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The slender ovoid vase decorated in colored enamels, silver and The small, elongated ovoid vase decorated with two shaped panels
gilt on a clear, crackled glaze with two large panels of a beauty and containing a Chinese beauty in flowing robes attended by musicians
attendant admiring deer in a rocky landscape and a group of people while an elegant court lady looks on, and a group of people enjoying
gathering shells at ow tide, a beauty startled by a young boy holding games in the garden of a well-appointed mansion, all in colored
a blowfish, each scene signed in red enamel Sozan, the surrounding enamels and gilt on a clear, crackled ground, the surrounding areas
areas painted with ferns in silver and gilt on a brown enamel ground, painted in gilt and red and green enamels on a cobalt ground with
signed on the underside in a gourd-shaped reserve with leafy tendrils tightly scrolling floral vines, the underside with impressed signature
Kinkozan seizo and Sozan and with impressed signature Kinkozan Kinkozan tsukuru
tsukuru 7 3/8in (18.7cm) high
8in (20.3cm) high
US$3,000 - 5,000
US$12,000 - 18,000
Exhibited:
Exhibited: Columbia, Columbia Museum of Art, "Meiji Magic, Imperial Porcelain
Columbia, Columbia Museum of Art, "Meiji Magic, Imperial Porcelain from Japan from the Collection of Alex and Barbara Kasten", 3
from Japan from the Collection of Alex and Barbara Kasten", 3 January- 18 May, 2014
January- 18 May, 2014

Published:
Nancy Schijfer, Japanese Porcelain 1800-1950, (New York, 1997), pg.
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