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KINZAN (ACTIVE CIRCA 1900)
A Satsuma cup, Meiji (1868-1912) or
Taisho (1912-1926) era, 19th/early 20th
century
With straight sides flaring slightly at the rim
and painted in polychrome enamels and gilt
on a clear, crackled glaze decorated on the
exterior with birds in flight and alighting in
stands of chrysanthemums, the interior with
numerous carp, the interior rim painted with
a keyfret band, the foot with a floral band of
geometric designs, signed in gilt Kinzan
3in (7.6cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000

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THE SEIKOZAN WORKSHOP
A small jar and cover
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900
The circular jar with sloping shoulders
and a circular flat-topped cover, painted
in polychrome enamels and gilt with a
procession carrying a mikoshi (sacred
palanquin) on the shoulder and the cover, the
sides decorated with panels alternating with
landscapes and interior domestic scenes,
the foot encircled by millefleur, signed in gilt
Seikozan
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high

US$3,000 - 5,000

Provenance
Walter and Edith Haas collection, no. 16
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Published
Louis Lawrence, Satsuma: Masterpieces
from the World’s Important Collections,
London, Dauphin Publishing, 1991, no. 47,
(p. 102-103)

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THE SEIKOZAN WORKSHOP
A small Satsuma vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Of square tapering section and decorated
in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear,
crackled ground with scenes of workers
constructing rock baskets in a river, passers-
by watching a troupe of dancers, an autumn
landscape, and quails in autumn grasses, the
shoulder painted with millefleur and the foot
with a band of floral lozenges, signed in gilt
Seikozan tsukuru
5in (12.7cm) high

US$1,500 - 2,500

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