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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
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           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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