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UNZAN (ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY)
A Satsuma ewer
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The bulbous body with a tall neck and applied with a dragon
wrapping around the vessel forming the handle and spout, decorated
in polychrome enamels, gosu blue, and gilt with blossoming
chrysanthemums and clouds, the domed cover pierced with a hole
and surmounted with a chrysanthemum finial, signed in gilt Satsuma
yaki Unzan and with the mark of the Shimazu family
6 7/8in (17.5cm) high

$1,800 - 2,500
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JUZAN (ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY)
A small and fine Satsuma vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt with shaped panels
containing ascetics, immortals and their attendants, the surrounding
areas painted with Daikoku looking out from behind one of the
panels as he and several rats dressed in kimono struggle to move it,
the remaining background decorated with swathes of brocade, the
shoulder painted with a formal collar of geometric and fan-shaped
reserves, signed in gilt Juzan
6 1/4in (15.7cm) high

$3,000 - 4,000
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SHOZAN (ACTIVE CIRCA 1900)
A Satsuma vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900
The ovoid vase decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear,
crackled ground with Kinko Sennin and Benten seated on the back
1244 of an enormous carp among clouds by a blossoming prunus, the
reverse with a lone Chinese scholar by a grove of bamboo, the neck
painted with chrysanthemum and scrolling vines, signed Satsuma
Shozan tsukuru, with a kao and the mark of the Shimazu family
9 3/4in (24.7cm) high
$1,800 - 2,500
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