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A MAGNIFICENT AND UNUSUALLY LARGE SATSUMA BOWL
By Okamoto Ryozan, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Finely decorated in enamels and gilt with three large rectangular
panels, each depicting a different scene, one with women and
children at leisure enjoying hanami (cherry-blossom viewing), the
second with travellers and families in front of a tea house strolling
along the shores of a lake, during the momijimi (maple-viewing)
season and the third with a pair of exotic birds perched on flowering
branches of yamazakura (mountain cherry) separated by vertical
gilt panels of peony blossoms floating on a tight, repeated foliate
patterned ground, the interior painted with a woman and four
children attired in sumptuous kimono on their way to play hanetsuki
on New Year’s day, the woman holding a hagoita (battledore) and
throwing up a hane (shuttlecock) beneath an undulating border
embellished with a profusion of chrysanthemum and peony
blossoms; signed Dai Nihon Kyoto Tojiki Goshigaisha Ryozan
tsukuru beneath the Yasuda Trading Company seal-mark.
19.5cm x 41cm (7 5/8in x 16 1/8in).
£10,000 - 15,000
JPY1,500,000 - 2,200,000
US$13,000 - 20,000
Illustrated on page 83.
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A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF EIGHT SATSUMA CUPS
AND SAUCERS
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt, comprising eight cups and saucers:
two matching tea cup and saucer sets, each cup and saucer with
two rectangular panels enclosing different bird-and-flower scenes,
each cup, 4.5cm x 10.5cm (1¾in x 4 1/8in), each saucer, 13cm (5
1/8in) diam.; the third, a coffee cup and saucer, the cup with two
panels, one with a pair of chickens with cotton roses, the other
with trailing wisteria, the inside well with a flower, the matching
157 saucer similarly decorated, the cup, 5.5cm x 7cm (2 1/8in x 2¾in),
the saucer, 12.2cm (4 13/16in) diam.; the fourth, a coffee cup and
saucer, the cup with two panels, one decorated with a group of
samurai reading a scroll, the other with a beautiful lady and children
among gathering herbs, the matching saucer similarly decorated,
the cup, 5cm x 7cm (2inx 2¾in), the saucer, 12cm (4¾in) diam.;

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