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TWO SATSUMA VESSELS
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Each decorated in enamels and gilt, the first a model of chick
hatching from one egg and surrounded by five others resting
on top of a large lotus, the eggs painted with different designs
including one showing several karako (Chinese boys) learning
calligraphy from a scholar, another with several differently-shaped
cartouches enclosing Chinese figures and flowers and a third with
many overlapping brocades of assorted designs, unsigned, 7cm
x 7.4cm x 10.7cm (2¾in x 2 7/8in x 4¼in); the second a teapot
decorated around the body with an interior domestic scene of
a gathering of women and children, the detachable cover in the
160 form of a chrysanthemum blossom, signed on the base Dozan,
8cm x 11cm (3 1/7in x 4¼in). (3).
£800 - 1,200
JPY120,000 - 180,000
US$1,100 - 1,600

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A MATCHING SATSUMA TEACUP AND SAUCER SET
By Ryokuzan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt, the interior of the teacup painted
with numerous minute butterflies enclosed within three spiralling
comma-shaped cartouches separated by sprays of autumnal
flowers, consisting of pinks, wild chrysanthemums and Chinese
bellflowers, the exterior painted with white sagi (egrets) standing
among the stalks of irises beneath trailing purple wisteria, signed
on the base Ryokuzan, 4.5cm x 11.5cm (1¾in x 4½in); the saucer
similarly decorated, signed Ryokuzan on the base,
14cm (5½in) diam. (2).

161 £800 - 1,200
JPY120,000 - 180,000
US$1,100 - 1,600

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TWO SATSUMA VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt, the first with a petal rim and
painted with two panels, one depicting an outdoor scene of
a samurai family celebrating the healthy growth of their infant
son, the other with autumnal flowers growing against a bamboo
fence, on a cobalt-blue ground of foliate motifs, signed on the
base Kinkozan, with an impressed mark Kinkozan tsukuru, 14cm
(5½in) high; the second vase with two lobed panels in the upper
section enclosing a building nestled among pine trees in a rocky
lakescape on a cobalt-blue ground of sparse formal foliate motifs,
the lower section painted with seasonal flowers including irises, fuyo
(rose mallow) and chrysanthemums encircling the bottom section
between narrow bands of shippo-zunagi (linked jewels), signed on
the base Shisui and Kinkozan tsukuru, 13cm (5 1/8in) high. (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000
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