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A PAIR OF SLENDER OVOID SATSUMA VASES
By Shozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Each vase decorated in enamels and gilt with a complementary
scene depicting an elegant bridal procession, the bride wearing a
tsunokakushi headdress accompanied by several attendants, all
strolling beneath overhanging branches of cherry blossoms, the
children playing with a dog, the shoulder with overlapping swirling
brocade enclosing assorted geometric and floral designs; each vase
signed on the base with a gilt seal Shozan.
Each vase 24.5cm (9 5/8in) high. (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
JPY300,000 - 450,000
US$2,600 - 4,000
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A SATSUMA BOTTLE VASE
By Yozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt, the squat circular body painted with
two panels, one depicting numerous karako (Chinese boys) crossing
a drum bridge to a large garden of a pavilion, the other with a flock
of geese among flowering plants, reserved on a ground of elaborate
floral and formal designs, the tall neck with a pair of writhing dragons;
signed above the foot in gilt Dai Nihon Kyoto Yozan sei.
32cm (12 5/8in) high.

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

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