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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALEX AND
BARBARA KASTEN
2179
SOZAN FOR THE KINKOZAN WORKSHOP
A Satsuma vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The elongated ovoid vase painted in colored enamels and gilt
with rectangular panels of beauties and attendants composing
poems before a curtain among autumn maples, and stands of
chrysanthemum and a brush fence by a stream and sparrows in
flight, the background painted with bamboo below a floral cloud
collar, the foot with a band of keyfret and floral clouds, signed on one
of the panels Sozan in red enamel and Kinkozan and with the mark of
the Shimazu family on the underside
12 1/2in (31.8cm) high

US$5,000 - 7,000
Exhibited
Columbia, Columbia Museum of Art, “Meiji Magic, Imperial Porcelain
from Japan from the Collection of Alex and Barbara Kasten,” January
3-May 18, 2014

PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS

2180
KANZAN FOR THE KYOTO TOJIKI GOSHIGAISHA
A large Satsuma vase
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th
century
Of baluster form and decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt
on a clear, crackled glaze with large, shaped panels containing
townspeople and itinerant entertainers, and a solitary cottage by a 2179
pine tree in a misty, mountainous landscape, the surrounding areas
boldly painted with a variety of demons before Buddhist drums, the
neck and foot decorated with geometric bands, signed on the foot
Kanzan, Kyoto Tojiki Goshigaisha and with the mark of the Shimazu
family
17 3/4in (45.1cm) high
US$7,000 - 9,000

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