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           KINKOZAN WORKSHOP                 A SATSUMA KORO (INCENSE BURNER)   SOZAN FOR THE YASUDA COMPANY
           A Cylindrical Satsuma Vase        AND EN-SUITE COVER               A Satsuma Slender Hexagonal Waisted Vase
           Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900  Meiji era (1868-1912),          Meiji era (1868-1912),
           Painted in polychrome enamels and gilt    late 19th/early 20th century  late 19th/early 20th century
           with a continuous design depicting an outdoor   Decorated in polychrome enamels and   Finely decorated in polychrome enamels and
           summer scene with groups of elegantly clad   gilt on a crackled, cream glaze ground,   gilt with panels enclosing scenes associated
           women and children at leisure along    raised on three tall oni (demon) head feet,   with Nara, one depicting elegantly clad
           a riverbank river, sailing boats in the distance,   the body decorated with two large lobed   women and children feeding deer in a park,
           all beneath trailing wisteria, the shoulder   panels containing different seasonal flowers   a pagoda in the distance, the other with
           decorated with a simulated brocade    separated by a sparrow in flight among   samurai and other figures walking towards
           enclosing geometric patterns and other foliate   karakusa (‘Chinese grasses’) enclosed in   the steps of a shrine, separated by roundels
           motifs; signed on the base Kinkozan    tama-shaped panels, the pierced cover   of bird-and-flower scenes and repeated
           with an impressed seal Kinkozan.    surmounted by a shishi (Chinese Mythical   stylised foliate, dragon, and ho-o bird roundels
           30.5cm (12in) high.               Lion) finial; signed on the base Satsuma yaki   echoing the decoration on the shoulder, each
                                             Setsuzan with a seal Setsuzan.    panel signed Sozan in red enamel; signed
           £2,000 - 3,000                    52cm (20½in) high. (2).          on the base in gilt Sozan tsukuru within
           JPY390,000 - 580,000                                               a rectangular reserve between the Yasuda
           US$2,600 - 3,900                  £1,500 - 2,000                   Company mark and the Shimazu family mark.
                                             JPY290,000 - 390,000             25cm (9 7/8in) high.
                                             US$2,000 - 2,600
                                                                              £2,000 - 3,000
                                                                              JPY390,000 - 580,000
                                                                              US$2,600 - 3,900









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