Page 28 - Fine Japanese Art June 2, 2018 Galerie Zacke

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KINKOZAN: A SATSUMA PLATE WITH
YOUNG LADIES
Glazed ceramic with paint and gold. Japan,
Meiji period

Two young ladies in festive clothing stand,
accompanied by a small girl, in the foreground
next to a maple tree. In the midfield are
multiple women and men, some of whom are
hold various objects such as a lute, ball bat or
broom in their hands. In the background are
a grand palace, pagoda tower and mountain
ridge. The colorful painting is very fine and
features considerable gold, the trim around the
edge being entirely golden. On the bottom of
the plate is the golden mark KIN-KO-ZAN 拎 ⃱
Ⱉ zo 忈.

DIAMETER 22.6 CM

Condition: Very well preserved
Provenance: From an Austrian private collection
Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 500,-

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KINZAN: SATSUMA PLATE WITH PEACOCK
Glazed ceramic with paint and gold. Japan,
Meiji period
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Octagonal plate with finely painted nishikide HODODA: VASE WITH ROYAL PERSONS
decoration on the upper side. In the foreground Glazed ceramic with paint and gold. Japan, Meiji period
is a peacock (kujaku) standing on a rock, one
leg lifted. The bird is an emblem of the deity All splendidly dressed and with considerable gold, many
kujaku myo-o. The long feathers are splendidly full bearded and rather like wisemen in appearance,
painted. Above it, in a circular, lobed reserve, though also armed, some with bow and arrow. Trees,
is a courtly scene with daimyo and dignitaries. mountainous landscape, waterfall and, on the other
The filler spaces are contoured like clouds and 40 side of the stream, another smaller group of people.
feature blossoms and geometric patterning. FUKUBE: LIDDED SATSUMA BOWL WITH CRANES Ostentatiously executed borders, in particular that on the
On the bottom are blossoms and objects from Glazed ceramic with paint and gold. Japan, Meiji period shoulder, the patterning varied and extremely meticulous.
samurai warriors. The signature KIN-ZAN Ṳ Ⱉ On the bottom are the inscriptions, in gold against a black
sei 墥 (made this) inside multiple, golden rings, Elaborately painted, three-legged, lidded bowl. On the outside background: HO-DO-DA ᾅ ⛇ 䓘 zo 忈, on the right;
though the first character is unclear due to its of the slightly curved lid is a couloir with waterfall and multiple SATSU-MA-YAKI 啑 㐑 䃤 (Satsuma ceramic) in the middle
stylization. tanchotsuru (red-crowned cranes), symbols of longevity in a below the satsuma mon of the Shimazu family; and the
forest of bamboo and wisteria with hanging bunches of blue painter's name SUI-GETSU 侈 㚰kore ga ᷳ 䓣 (painted it),
SIZE 13.5 x 13.5 CM blossoms. In the branches are two pheasants, as well as a on the outer left.
sparrow darting by. On the inside of the lid are two holy rakkan.
Condition: Very well preserved The one with a dragon is Handaka Sonja. In the well of the vessel HEIGHT 15.2 CM
Provenance: From an Austrian private is a throning daimyo, in front of whom are three ladies, one of
collection, once acquired from the Galerie whom, possibly the famous courtly poet Ono no Komachi, is Condition: Very well preserved
Zacke - corresponding label on the bottom reading aloud. Running around the outside is a sansui landscape; Provenance: From an Austrian private collection
on the legs are chrysanthemums. On the bottom is the Satsuma
Estimate EUR 500,- cross and, inside an oval frame, the signature FUKU-BE 㚵 悐 zo Estimate EUR 500,-
Starting price EUR 250,- 忈 (made it). On the upper side of the lid is, far to the right of the Starting price EUR 250,-
cranes, the painter’s signature, presumably KE-ZAN 堰 Ⱉ.

DIAMETER 13.5 CM, HEIGHT 7.6 CM
Condition: Very well preserved
Provenance: From an Austrian private collection

Estimate EUR 500,-
Starting price EUR 250,-

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