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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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