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A GOOD JAPANESE SATSUMA TRAY BY TOZAN
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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Of oval form with a tall rim, richly decorated in gilt and polychrome with a swarm of insects including butterflies, grasshoppers, beetles, fireflies and praying
mantis, one small snail to one corner, the border with a band of shippo-tsunagi cash patterns, the rim with a millefleurs pattern of chrysanthemum, peonies and
hydrangea, and the reverse with a band of stylised flowerheads and paulownia-shaped Imperial mon crests, a four character mark to the side for Tozan, 31.5cm.
£2,000-3,000
Provenance: an English private collection of Satsuma wares, Wiltshire. Purchased from Barry Davies Oriental Art Ltd, London, 10th June 1999; a copy of the original
receipt is available.
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A GOOD JAPANESE SATSUMA TRAY BY FUZAN
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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Richly painted in gilt and polychrome, the well with a large rectangular panel enclosing many beauties in a luxuriant garden, a river to the side and Mount Fuji
towering in the distance, the figures in the foreground engaged in a game of kemari involving brocade balls, temari, one man on the floor among them, with
further figures observing from a veranda behind, the border with brocade patterns, flowerheads, shippo-tsunagi cash patterns and other geometrical designs, the
underside with further chrysanthemum blooms, the short foot painted with a thin band of dentils and signed Fuzan to the base, 15cm x 23.9cm.
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: an English private collection of Satsuma wares, London.
The idea of the game of kemari is to keep the ball in the air for as long as possible.

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