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1085
TWO SATSUMA VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The first, a baluster vase applied with
elephant handles and decorated in gosu
blue, green, red and black enamels and gilt
with cranes in a marsh by a pine tree, signed
on the underside Satsuma-yaki under the
mark of the Shimazu family; the second of
kinuta (mallet) shape and decorated with
stands of blossoming flowers, the shoulder
painted with chrysanthemum lappets and
the neck with a stiff petal collar above a
geometric band
1085 14in (35.5cm); 12in (30.5cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000
1086
A SATSUMA EWER AND A SATSUMA
BOWL
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Each decorated in polychrome enamels and
gilt on a clear crackle glaze; the ewer with
an unusual kirin-headed spout opposed by
a loop handle, the ovoid body painted with
flowering prunus and clumps of bamboo
issuing from a gosu blue basket-weave fence
extending over three cut-away supports, the
small high dome lid with gilt ball finial, signed
Meiseizan saku; the trumpet-mouth bowl with
overall stylized design of flowering prunus
branches in gilt, red and gosu blue, signed
Dai Nihon Satsuma-yaki Hyokoseki ga and
with the mark of the Shimazu family
4 3/4in (12.2cm) height of ewer; 6 1/4in
(16cm) diameter of bowl
US$1,200 - 1,800

1087
A SATSUMA MODEL OF OKAME’S FACE
1086 Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The facial features and phoenix crown
of the popular female deity picked out in
polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear
crackled glaze ground, the reverse with
a novel silhouette of a cord-tied treasure
sack, the upper portion painted with a
floriform panel depicting a Chinese sage and
attendants, the lower leaf-form panel with a
squirrel amid fruiting grapevines, all reserved
on a variously patterned brocade ground of
figural, floral and geometric design
8 3/4in (22.2cm) long

US$1,500 - 2,500

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