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A SMALL JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY HODODA A JAPANESE MINIATURE SATSUMA VASE BY RANZAN
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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Of ovoid form and raised on a short flared foot, decorated to the shoulder in gilt and The baluster body decorated in gilt and polychrome with two
polychrome enamels with chrysanthemum flowerheads amongst scrolling tendrils, the large shaped panels enclosing many people in a street to one
lower section in openwork with petal-shaped reticulations, the base signed Hododa zo, side, one man being carried in a palanquin, the reverse with two
9cm. groups of soldiers about to get into battle, on a densely painted
£400-600 ground of brocade patterns, the base signed Ranzan in a square
reserve, 9.3cm.
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AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY KINKOZAN
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A JAPANESE MINIATURE SATSUMA VASE BY RYOZAN
The pear-shaped chocolate-brown body decorated in gilt with a writhing dragon amongst MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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flaming wisps, the mythical beast holding a pearl of wisdom between its claws, with
details highlighted in silver and red enamels, the reverse with the feather coat of a tennin The ovoid body delicately painted with a continuous river
signed Kinkozan zo, 9.3cm. landscape, one side with two waders walking in a stream by
a woven fence, the reverse with another bird in flight, a small
£300-500 thatched building visible in the distance, with large sprays of
Provenance: from the collection of Richard Gordon Smith (1858-1918) and thence by descent. peonies, chrysanthemum, irises and other flowers, a band of key
Gordon Smith was an English traveller, sportsman and naturalist who lived in Japan at the turn of fret in gilt above the foot and brocade patterns to the neck, the
the century. He transcribed traditional myths in “Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan” (1908) and base signed Ryozan kore zo, 9.6cm.
his diaries were later published in “Travels in the Land of the Gods: The Japan Diaries of Richard £500-1,000
Gordon Smith” (1986).
See Bonhams London, 10th November 2011, lot 344, for a related vase by Kinkozan with the Provenance: an English private collection, Gloucestershire.
dragon facing the opposite way.

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