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(self-congratulatory inscription)

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A SQUAT SATSUMA VASE upright bracket handles, the foot with a band of repeated geometric
By Okamoto Ryozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th motifs enclosed within shield-shaped panels, the en-suite partially
century pierced cover embellished with overlapping decorated open fans and
Decorated in enamels and gilt, depicting townspeople enjoying surmounted by a finial in the form of a shishi; signed on the base in gilt
activities associated with different months of the year, including people Nakamura Baikei zo with a gilt seal beneath a long self-congratulatory
eating suika (water melon) in the summer, ladies buying a planted inscription by the artist enclosed in a scroll. 20.2cm (8in) high. (2).
flower from a botanist and a drunk samurai wielding a sword before
a Daruma doll perched on a stand over a bucket and a hagoita £15,000 - 20,000
(battledore) lying on the ground, the flattened shoulder and foot JPY2,200,000 - 3,000,000
decorated with overlapping and assorted brocades; signed on the US$20,000 - 26,000
base in gilt Ryozan beneath the Yasuda Trading Company mark.
12cm (4¾in) high. Provenance
A German private collection.
£1,800 - 2,500
JPY270,000 - 370,000 Transcription of self-congratulatory inscription:
US$2,400 - 3,300
該品ハ最モ精巧細美ノ極タル者ニテ
176 其使用スル所ロノ絵貝焼金ノ如キハ其ノ
A SATSUMA KORO (INCENSE BURNER) AND EN-SUITE COVER 尤モ純良ナル品質ヲ撰シ多年ノ苦
By Nakamura Baikei, Meiji era (1868-1912), 心経験トヲ以テ製ナルヲ用ヒ殊ニ数回モ
late 19th/early 20th century 焼付シタレバ決テ他日変体ノ貴ヒナリ実ニ
Finely decorated in enamels and gilt with two extensive daimyo 他ノ及ブ可キニアラズ且ツ此物品ハ信ニ其起
gyoretsu (procession of a Japanese feudal lord), winding past buildings 草ヨリ数拾日ニテ造レリ実ニ信ノ美
on a lake shore, carrying their feudal lord and lady in separate kago 術品トシテ愛スルニ足ル普ク純良ノ物品ナ
(palanquins), high-ranking samurai on horseback leading from the ルハ世評ニ膾炙スル可ナリ敢テ[...]ニ贅言ヲ
front, other attendants and retainers on foot carrying banners and 要セズ 奚
all the other paraphernalia, a moated castle in the distance, the
neck with a band of swirling brocade, the shoulder applied with two

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