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A TALL SLENDER OVOID SATSUMA VASE
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Boldy decorated predominately in gilt and enamels, the body with two
ornately framed panels enclosing two warriors on each side, reserved
on a white ground of densely clustered spider chrysanthemums
moulded in low relief, the shoulder with a wide gilt band of elaborately
moulded with tama (jewel)-shaped lappets beneath further narrow
bands of brocade, geometric and foliate motifs; unsigned.
54.5cm (21½in) high.

£1,200 - 1,500
JPY170,000 - 210,000
US$1,500 - 1,900

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A FOUR-LOBED SQUAT SATSUMA KORO (INCENSE BURNER)
AND COVER
By Kinkozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt with two lobed panels depicting different
bird-and-flower spring scenes, one showing a pair of egrets wading
in water beside tsubaki (camellia) and the other with sparrows in flight
among large flowering peony blooms and shidare zakura (weeping
cherries), separated by panels enclosing repeated formal foliate
motifs framed by stylized cherry blossoms on a blue ground, the en-
suite pierced cover surmounted by a knop in the form of a cluster of
chrysanthemum buds and foliage; signed on the base Kinkozan zo.
15.2cm (6in) high. (2).

£1,200 - 1,800 224
JPY170,000 - 250,000
US$1,500 - 2,200

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A SATSUMA BOWL
Painted by Sozan for the Kinkozan factory, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Finely decorated in enamels and gilt, the interior with a circular panel
depicting a cockerel and hen on the banks of a stream beside fuyu-
botan (winter peonies) growing from a snow-covered rice stook,
surrounded by three bands of chrysanthemums interwoven among
karakusa (‘Chinese grasses’), paulownia crests and fern; the exterior
with three fan-shaped panels each enclosing a different arrangement
of scholarly implements and utensils for the tea ceremony reserved
on a moss-green ground of stylized sprigs of fern, each panel signed
Sozan, the base signed Kyoto Kinkozan seizo with two seals within a
horizontal hanging unfurled scroll-shaped cartouche, with impressed
seal Kinkozan; with wood storage box attached with a certificate
by Mr Omori Kazuo.
5cm x 11.5cm (2in x 4½in). (2).

£3,000 - 4,000
JPY410,000 - 550,000
US$3,700 - 5,000

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AN OCTAGONAL SATSUMA KORO (INCENSE BURNER)
AND COVER
By Shizan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt, each panel painted with a different
figural genre scene alternating with a bird-and-flower scene, the
shoulder with a profusion of dense chrysanthemums and peonies, with
a detachable silver cover delicately pierced with overlapping formalised
chrysanthemum blooms; signed on the base Shizan.
7.6cm (3in) high. (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY140,000 - 210,000
US$1,200 - 1,900

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