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117 | KINKOZAN: A SUPERB AND LARGE SATSUMA
CERAMIC LIDDED JAR WITH POLYCHROME
ENAMELS AND GOLD PAINTING ON A Condition: Minor firing crack (length 10 cm) to the interior, hardly
MIDNIGHT BLUE GROUND visible to the naked eye. Minimal wear to the gold. Otherwise
superb condition with no losses or chips whatsoever. The fragile
By the Kinkozan company, signed Kinkozan tsukuru openwork handle is also in perfect condition.
Japan, Kyoto, Meiji period (1868-1912) Provenance: From a South German private collection, acquired
before 2010. A collector’s filing card written in German, describing
this piece as a “Lidded jar, ceramic with fine painting, Satsuma,
The square-shaped lidded jar is finely painted in gold and Mark: Kinkozan, Japan, 2nd half of 19th century, height 19 cm,
polychrome enamels with separate scenes on each of the four 7000,-“ accompanies this lot.
sides, showing a mother writing with her children watching, two
small quails amongst millet and flowers, three women picking
flowers under a blooming cherry tree, and a hilly landscape with AUCTION COMPARISON
trees obscuring a house by a lake. A related vase with a similar
The areas around the square scenes on each side as well as the top design and of square shape
of the jar are beautifully decorated with dense floral compositions was sold by Sotheby’s, Japanese
on a midnight blue ground. The domed lid shows the same pattern and Korean Works of Art, 12
and has an openwork handle painted gold. November 2002, London, lot 256
Four-character mark KINKOZAN tsukuru to the base. Original paper (sold for 7,050 GBP).
label from the Kinkozan factory to the lid interior (rare).
Estimate EUR 5,000
SIZE 19 x 16 x 16 cm Starting price EUR 2,500

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