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A SATSUMA TEA CUP AND SAUCER AND A KUTANI TEA CUP A PAIR OF SATSUMA TEA CUPS AND SAUCERS
AND SAUCER By Kinkozan, Meiji era (late 19th century)
The first by Kinkozan, the second by Shokuda, Meiji era (late The cups moulded with a lobed foot and applied with a delicate
handle and painted in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear crackled
19th/early 20th century) glaze with panels of landscapes and birds in flowering branches, the
saucers with scenes of landscapes and birds and flowers, the cobalt
The Satsuma cup moulded with a lobed foot and decorated in bodies highlighted with gilt brocade and floral designs, signed in gilt
polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear crackled glaze with beauties and impressed Kinkozan zo
and attendants in a garden and a lord receiving his retainers, the 2 1/4in (5.4cm) high (cups), 4 7/8in (12.3cm) diameter (saucer)
figures raised in slight relief, the surrounding areas painted with floral $1,500 - 2,500
and geometric designs in gilt on a cobalt ground, the saucer similarly
decorated; the Kutani cup with scenes of figures enjoying outdoor
pursuits and a stand of flowers, bordered by flowering paulownia
and chrysanthemum on scrolling vines and geometric brocade, the
recessed foot painted with stylized waves, the interior with trailing
flowers and floating maple leaves, the saucer decorated to match,
signed Dai Nihon Shokuda sei [] [] ga
The first 2in (5.1cm) high (cup), 4 1/4in (10.9cm) diameter (saucer); the
second 3 3/4in (9.5cm) diameter (cup), 5 1/2in (14cm) diameter (saucer)
$1,500 - 2,500

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