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AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE SATSUMA BOX BY KOZAN
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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Of rectangular shape, the body decorated in gilt and polychrome, two sides with many figures in mountainous river landscapes, the others with large sprays of
peonies, hydrangea, irises and chrysanthemum, the top with brocade patterns, stylised flowerheads and a quatrelobed aperture, the inside delicately painted with
a still life of scholar’s and Buddhist objects, flowers in vases and a scroll painting to the back, kakemono, one side signed Kozan, 5.3cm x 8.4cm x 12.1cm.
£2,000-3,000

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A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL BY RYUZAN
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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The deep U-shaped body raised on a short foot and decorated in gilt and polychrome,
the well delicately painted with a kaleidoscope of hundreds of butterflies fluttering all
over the surface, the inner rim with a band of key fret and shippo-tsunagi cash to the
reverse, the outside with a continuous decoration of many flowers, chrysanthemum,
peony, hibiscus and irises above a swarm of insects including crickets, cicadas, flies
and fireflies, a band of lappets and further shippo-tsunagi above the foot, the base
signed Dai Nihon Kyoto fu Ryuzan tsukuru, 23cm dia.
£5,000-8,000
Provenance: an English private collection of Satsuma wares, Wiltshire. Purchased from inside
Christie’s London, 7th June 2000, lot 273; a copy of the original invoice is available.

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