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MATSUMOTO HOZAN
A small Satsuma bowl
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The interior well painted in colored enamels
on a clear crackled ground with a battle
scene between samurai warriors in a spring
landscape, bordered by a narrow band of
classic scrolls below a frieze of flowering
leafy tendrils on a granulated gilt ground, the
rim to either side defined by gilt saw-tooth
bands, the sloping exterior sides with fan-
shaped flower and figural reserves separated
1274 by foliate and hexagonal-patterned bands,
the base with a Yasuda Company mark
above a gilt cartouche signed Matsumoto
Hozan
4 3/4in (12.1cm) diameter
US$1,000 - 1,500

1275
RYUKOZAN
A small Satsuma bowl
Meiji era (1868-1912)
Painted in polychrome enamels and gilt on a
clear crackled glaze, the exterior decorated
with a continuous design of articles used in
the tea ceremony and flower arrangement
above a band of chrysanthemum blossoms
and goldfish swimming among water plants,
each frieze separated by geometric bands,
the interior decorated with a gathering of
townspeople enjoying outdoor activities and
vertical panels of various geometric designs,
signed on the underside Ryukozan
4 3/4in (12.3cm) diameter
1275 US$2,500 - 3,500

1276
YOZAN
A small Satsuma bowl
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The deep bowl decorated in colored enamels
and gilt over a clear crackled ground, painted
on the interior with two shikishi-shaped
panels depicting two traveling Heian beauties
or a Chinese-inspired landscape, the gilt
seigaiha-patterned ground with butterflies
and scrolling ribbons bordered by myriad
chrysanthemum heads and linked kidney-
shaped reserves on a granulated ground
below a chrysanthemum-and-cloud rim
band, the exterior with a frieze of blossoms
silhouetted in black and bordered by a band
of minute birds, patterned lappets encircling
the octagonal foot, signed on the underside
Yozan
4 7/8in (12.5cm) diameter
US$4,000 - 6,000
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