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RYOZAN FOR THE YASUDA COMPANY
A Satsuma trumpet vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The bulbous body set on tripod “leaf” feet below a flaring mouth and 1291
painted with people in various activities, the neck decorated with
blossoming flowers and the body with a group of children on parade,
the rim painted with swaths of geometric patterns, the interior with
stylized chrysanthemums, signed on the underside Ryozan below the
Yasuda Company mark
5 3/4in (14.6cm) high

US$1,200 - 1,800
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KINKOZAN WORKSHOP
A Satsuma beaker vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Cylindrical, flaring slightly at both ends, applied with three loop
handles and decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt over a
clear crackled glaze, the body decorated in three registers, the
top and bottom with rectangular panels of landscapes, people in
various activities, birds, insects, sealife, and flowers, and the middle
register painted with similar subjects in overlapping shaped panels,
the top and bottom edges with geometric bands and the handles
densly painted with lozenges, the interior of the rim decorated with
blossoming flowers, signed on the underside Kinkozan in gilt
6in (15.2cm) high

US$6,000 - 8,000

SATSUMA FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALEX AND BARBARA
KASTEN
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SOZAN FOR THE KINKOZAN WORKSHOP
A Satsuma vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The elongated ovoid vase painted in colored enamels and gilt
with rectangular panels of beauties and attendants composing
poems before a curtain among autumn maples, and stands of
chrysanthemum and a brush fence by a stream and sparrows in
flight, the background painted with bamboo below a floral cloud
collar, the foot with a band of keyfret and floral clouds, signed on one
of the panels Sozan in red enamel and Kinkozan and with the mark of
the Shimazu family on the underside
12 1/2in (31.8cm) high
US$8,000 - 12,000

Exhibited
Columbia, Columbia Museum of Art, “Meiji Magic, Imperial Porcelain
from Japan from the Collection of Alex and Barbara Kasten”, January (another view)
3-May 18, 2014
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