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OKAMOTO RYOZAN (ACTIVE CIRCA 1900)
A Satsuma vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/early 20th century
The ovoid body with a neck molded to resemble bamboo and
decorated in polychome enamels and gilt with two large panels
painted with travelers stopping by an inn by a lakeside and ducks
in flight and alighting on a lake beside blossoming chrysanthemums
and peonies and groves of bamboo, the moon slightly obscured by
clouds, the shoulder painted with a band of martial utensils above
keyfrets and the foot decorated with floral lappets, signed in gilt Dai
Nihon Kyoto Tojiki Goshigaisha Ryozan tsukuru and with the mark of
the Shimazu family

US$3,500 - 4,500

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RYOZAN FOR THE YASUDA COMPANY (CIRCA 1900)
A tall cylindrical Satsuma vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated with courtiers on horseback under a large tree, each
dressed in brocade robes and court caps, a tiger-skin tachi slung at
their sides, and carrying a riding crop, the reverse with a third courtier
on a horse at full gallop, all painted in raised enamels against a matte
white ground, the shoulder and foot decorated with poem cards
of geometric and floral design in polychrome enamels and gilt and
keyfret and lozenge bands, the foot floral lozenges, signed on the
underside Dai Nihon Kyoto Ryozan, with the Yasuda Company mark
and the Shimazu family mark
15in (38cm) high
US$8,000 - 12,000

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