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SEVEN SATSUMA VESSELS on the banks of a meandering river, the sides with fronds of purple
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, wisteria, signed Senzan, 3.9cm (1½in) high; the sixth a square box and
late 19th/early 20th century cover decorated with a group of samurai beneath a flowering cherry
Each decorated in enamels and gilt, the first a teapot decorated with tree in front of a thatched dwelling, the sides with densely clustered
two panels enclosing figural scenes of ladies and children in a garden flowerheads, signed on the base Motodani, 6.8cm x 12.6cm x 12.6cm
or inside a mansion reserved on a cobalt-blue ground, signed on the (2 5/8in x 5in x 5in); the seventh a globular vase decorated with a
base Fuzan, 6.5cm x 13cm (2½in x 5 1/8in); the second a teapot mass of large assorted chrysanthemum blossoms, signed on the base
with trailing autumnal leaves extending from the shoulder over shrines Seizan, 12.4cm (4 7/8in) high. (12).
depicted in the background, signed on the base Genzan, 4.5cm x
10.3cm (1¾in x 4 1/8in); the third a teapot with a continuous scene £1,500 - 2,000
of birds and butterflies among autumnal flower and foliage including JPY220,000 - 300,000
rose mallows, kikyo (Chinese bellflowers) and chrysanthemums, US$2,000 - 2,600
signed on the base with a seal Kikkoen tsukuru, 4.5cm x 8.5cm (1¾in
x 3 3/8in); the fourth a sake cup decorated around the exterior with
tiny butterflies hovering beneath trailing millefleurs, signed with an
impressed seal Kinkozan tsukuru on the base, 4.5cm (1¾in) high; the
fifth a circular box and cover with stalks of fuyo (rose mallows) growing

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