Page 32 - Fine Japanese Art June 2, 2018 Galerie Zacke
P. 32

46                      glaze. The gilded mouth has
            45                                               TWO SATSUMA BOWLS       five leaf-shaped points. Inside
            TWO LIDDED SATSUMA       The second a spherical lidded   Glazed ceramic with paint and   are two bijin (beautiful ladies)
            VESSELS, ONE KINKOZAN    vessel on three stubby legs,   gold. Japan, Meiji period  and a boy in a garden in front
            WORKSHOP                 meticulously decorated.                         of a lookout pavilion with
            Glazed ceramic with paint and   Running around it is a scene on   The first bowl with a hexagonal   lanterns. Towards the mouth
            gold. Japan, Meiji period  a river bank with about ninety   mouth. On the outside of the   and on the outside, painted in
                                     figures, both female and male.   round walls are alternating   gold, are blossoms and tendrils
            The first exceedingly finely   Two arched handles; vaulted   holy rakkan with golden halos   as well as a wavy border inside
            decorated, spherical vessel   lid with two openings, the   and bijin, female “beauties”,   a frame. On the bottom are
            on three legs, the curved feet   knob and area surrounding it   each of the figures seated   the characters for the name
            separated by cut-out, arched   a very golden chrysanthemum.   in a diamond-shaped space.   SHUZAN 䎈 Ⱉ.
            sections. On the body are   The detailed and varying   Inside the bowl is a scene full
            eight slanted, rectangular   nishikide decoration has been   of figures in front of a temple   DIAMETER 8.8 CM, HEIGHT
            fields filled with depictions   executed with great care. On   complex, a pagoda tower and   4 CM and DIAMETER 7.8 CM,
            of various landscapes in the   the recessed bottom is the   mountains in the background.   HEIGHT 3.7 CM                 48
            style of Hiroshige’s Tokaido   signature SHOZAN 㬋Ⱉ.  The border around the mouth                                         KENZAN: PAIR OF SATSUMA                                                      49
            series, some featuring people.                   features a lined, triangular   Condition: Very well preserved           VASES                                                                        HODODA: PAIR OF
            The handle is in the shape of   HEIGHT 9.5 CM and 7.4 CM  pattern; hanging into the   Provenance: From an Austrian       Glazed ceramic with paint and                                                SMALL HEXAGONAL
            halved kiku blossoms. On the                     image are uneven surfaces with   private collection                     gold. Japan, Meiji era                                                       SATSUMA VASES
            powerfully vaulted golden lid   Condition: Very well preserved  spiral patterns. On the bottom,                                                                                                       Glazed ceramic with
            are three cutout heart shapes   Provenance: From an Austrian   below the satsuma cross, is the   Estimate EUR 300,-      Ovoid form with a rippled,                                                   paint and gold. Japan,
            as well as a knob in the shape   private collection  signature HODODA ᾅ ⛇ 䓘.   Starting price EUR 150,-                  outwardly flared mouth. Both                                                  Meiji period
            of a seated shishi. On the                                                                                               vases feature two large framed
            bottom is the name KINKOZAN   Estimate EUR 300,-  The second small, black-blue                                           fields with somewhat different                                                On the outside is a scene
            拎 ⃱ Ⱉ.                   Starting price EUR 150,-  bowl with a beautiful, shiny                                          painting. Each has a figural                                                  exclusively populated
                                                                                                                                     scene with a royal figure and                                                 by many bijin beauties
                                                                                                                                     entourage. The other image is a                                              in extremely varied
                                                             a lookout pavilion, as well as   The lip of the flared mouth             nice, poetic-romantically painted                                            clothing, in front of
                                                             water and boats. The other   is gilded. Beneath a tree, the             landscape with mountains,                                                    huts, a temple complex,
                                                             scene features multiple bijin   branches of which extend                river and huts. The filler spaces                                             steep cliff walls and a
                                                             along with some girls. The   downwards, sit two bijin in a              have blossoms and tendrils                                                   waterfall. Two of the
                                                             filler spaces are decorated   field, two “beauties”. Their                in gold against a dark-blue                                                  fields in between are
                                                             with nishikide, the neck with a   loose robes have finely painted        background. On the bottom                                                    decoratively designed
                                                             composition of blossoms.  golden patterns. In the foot,                 are the characters for the name                                              with golden patterns, as
                                                                                     which is surrounded by a wavy                   KEN-ZAN ᷚⰙ.                                                                  is the shoulder area too.
                                                             The second of very distinctive   border, and below the satsuma                                                                                       On the flat mouth is a
                                                             form on a tall, widely flared   cross are the characters for the         HEIGHT 12.4 - 12.7 CM                                                        radial line pattern. On
                                                             foot. The picturesque decoration   name SHUZAN 䎈 Ⱉ.                                                                                                  the bottom of each vase
                                                             features a composition with                                             Condition: One in good                                                       is the signature HO-DO-
                                                             numerous blossoms, many   HEIGHT 6.4 – 9 CM                             condition, the other with a very                                             DA ᾅ ⛇ 䓘.
                                                             painted in red and gold,                                                well restored break
                                                             which runs around the vase.   Condition: Good condition                 Provenance: From an Austrian                                                 HEIGHT (EACH) 9.2 CM
                                                             The borders have geometric   Provenance: From an Austrian               private collection
                                                             patterning. On the bottom is   private collection                                                                                                    Condition:
                                                             the signature GYOKUZAN 䌱 Ⱉ                                              Estimate EUR 400,-                                                           Very well preserved
            47                                               painted in gold.        Estimate EUR 300,-                              Starting price EUR 200,-                                                     Provenance: From
            THREE SATSUMA VASES                                                      Starting price EUR 150,-                                                                                                     an Austrian private
            Glazed ceramic with paint and gold. Japan, Meiji period  The last small vase,                                                                                                                         collection
                                                             approximately ovoid in shape.
            The first small vase features two different miniature paintings. In                                                                                                                                    Estimate EUR 400,-
            one is a sansui-style landscape with a tall cliff, on top of which is                                                                                                                                 Starting price EUR 200,-






    30                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  31
   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37