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A COMPLETE SET OF SATSUMA PLATES REPRESENTING THE
TWELVE MONTHS
By Kinkozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Each decorated in enamels and gilt with a circular panel enclosing
a figural or genre scene associated with one of the 12 months on a
ground bordered by a band of dense millefleurs, each plate with two
overlapping shikishi (square-shaped poem-cards) indicating the name
of the month and its associated scene, each plate signed on the base
with an impressed seal Kinkozan tsukuru.
10in (25.5cm) diameter of each
$6,000 - 8,000

See a similar set of month plates offered in our London rooms, sale
24152, lot 291, and note detailing the subject matter on each plate.

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