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SOZAN FOR THE KINKOZAN WORKSHOP
A fine Satsuma dish
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Decorated in colored enamels and gilt with three rectangular "hanging
scroll" reserves, the central reserve painted with a high-ranking
courtesan and her attendants on promenade beneath blossoming
cherry trees, flanked by paintings of a rooster, hen and birds among
peonies and autumn maples, and a mountainous landscape shrouded
in mist, the borders decorated with geometric patterns imitating
brocade, the remaining areas painted with ferns intwo shades of gilt
against a cobalt ground, signed on the reverse in a formal reserve
among a spray of flowers Dai Nihon Kyoto Awata Tojiki Kinkozan sei
Sozan ga and sealed So
9 5/8in (24.4cm) diameter
US$20,000 - 30,000
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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