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A Japanese Arita Saucer Dish of circular form
resting on a short footrim, the well decorated
in underglaze blue with a Kirin sporting amidst
relief moulded clouds, all within a brown
edged rim, diameter 22cms, Mid Edo Period;
And Another of lobed circular form, moulded
in relief with scrolling clouds and other
devices surrounding a lobed vignette of a boy
gazing up at a temple on a hill in underglaze
blue, diameter 21.7cms, Mid Edo Period (2)
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£200-300

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Kinkozan: A Miniature Satsuma Pottery Bowl, of lobed circular form
resting on a short footrim and rising to a cylindrical neck with everted
lip, decorated in typical palette of overglaze enamels, rouge-de-fer and
gilding with a reserve of a peacock and sparrows amid peonies, the
reverse with a further vignette of a boy kneeling before two courtiers,
all on a floral ground, inscribed to the base “Kutani sei”, diameter
33cms, Meiji Period

£200-300

557
Kinkozan: A Miniature Satsuma Pottery Bowl of lobed, circular form
resting on a short foot and decorated in overglaze enamels and
gilding with a mass of butterflies to the inside, a millefiori design to the
exterior, signed in blue to the base “Kinkozan”, diameter 6.4cms, with
paper Kinkozan label, Meiji Period: and a suite of Three Cups and Two
Saucers decorated in overglaze enamels and gilding with genre and
landscape images on a floral and diaper ground, the bases with seals
reading “Satsuma”, diameter of saucer 10.8cms, Meiji Period
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£400-600

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YABU MEIZAN: An Unusual Satsuma Pottery Vase, the bulbous body rests on a short foot and rises to a cylindrical neck with everted rim,
decorated in overglaze enamels and gilding with a cockatoo perched on the branch of a flowering magnolia tree, the rim with a gilt outline, gilt seal
to base “Yabu Meizan”, height 14.3cms, Meiji Period

An identical vase by Yabu Meizan sold in Bonham’s New York on 18th March 2015 for $12,500

557 £6,000-8,000

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