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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
ALEX AND BARBARA KASTEN
2199
MATSUMOTO HOZAN (ACTIVE CIRCA
1900)
A large Satsuma vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th
century
The baluster vase painted in polychrome
enamels and gilt on a cobalt or dark-brown
ground with large panels of beauties and
attendants watching a procession from a
wooded grove and cranes in flight over a
spring landscape, the surrounding areas
decorated with flowering vines and birds
perched on branches, signed on the
underside Dai Nihon Kyoto Matsumoto
Hozan in a rectangular reserve on sprays of
flowers
16 1/4in (41.2cm) high
US$5,000 - 7,000

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RYOZAN, FOR THE YASUDA COMPANY
A Satsuma vase and cover
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The compressed ovoid vase decorated in
colored enamels and gilt with people enjoying
outdoor excursions before Mount Fuji and
distant mountains, the scene punctuated
with a dragon roundel and a floral band, the
shoulder and foot with brocade swathes
and floral lozenges, the manju-shaped
cover painted with entertainers banded with
floral and geometric patterns, signed on
the underside Dai Nihon Kyoto Tojiki Goshi
Gaisha Ryozan with the Yasuda Company
mark
8 7/8in (22.5cm) high
US$10,000 - 15,000
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

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