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ROTAKUDO
A pair of Satsuma vases
Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Each in the shape of a kinuta (mallet) and lavishly decorated in
polychrome enamels and gilt with panels of densely populated
festival scenes alternating with birds in a flowering landscape,
portions of the designs in raised relief, the slender neck with two
oval roundels painted with monkeys picking peaches, all reserved
on a brocade-patterned ground interspersed by bands of linked
geometric- and floral-patterned squares, signed Dai Nihon Tokyo
Kyobashi-ku Rotakudo seihin
10in (25.4cm) high
US$1,500 - 2,500

1068
A SATSUMA TEAPOT
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Shaped as a length of bamboo with branches forming the opposing
curved spout and loop handle, decorated overall in polychrome
enamels and gilt on a clear crackled ground with falling maple leaves
divided into registers defined by the separate nodes, a cluster of
bamboo leaves extending from the rim fitted with a low curved lid
with a knop finial and decorated en suite, signed Dai Nihon Satsuma-
1069 yaki () ga flanking the mark of the Shimazu family
7 1/4in (18.5cm) high

US$1,000 - 1,500
1069
KINKOZAN WORKSHOP
A Small Porcelain Figurine
Meiji (1868-1912) or Showa (1912-1926) era, 20th century
Sculpted as a traditional beauty walking in kimono and floral-pattern jacket
7in (17.7cm) high

US$700 - 900
1070
A SATSUMA VASE
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Decorated in colored enamels and gilt over a clear crackled ground
with an ornate molded neck band of geometric and floral-patterned
lappets extending over the sloping shoulder and raised in shallow
relief above a continuous frieze of chrysanthemum blossoms and
scrolling tendrils on the globular body, a band of overlapping stiff
leaves at the base
9 3/4in (24.8cm) high
1070
US$800 - 1,200
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