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A MAGNIFICENT AND UNUSUALLY LARGE SATSUMA BOWL
By Okamoto Ryozan, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Finely decorated in enamels and gilt with three large rectangular
panels, each depicting a different scene, one with women and children
at leisure enjoying hanami (cherry-blossom-viewing), the second
with travellers and families in front of a tea house strolling along the
shores of a lake, during the momijimi (maple-viewing) season and
the third with a pair of exotic birds perched on flowering branches
of yamazakura (mountain cherry) separated by vertical gilt panels
of peony blossoms floating on a tight, repeated foliate patterned
ground, the interior painted with a woman and four children attired
in sumptuous kimono on their way to play hanetsuki on New Year’s
day, the woman holding a hagoita (battledore) and throwing up a
hane (shuttlecock) beneath an undulating border embellished with a
profusion of chrysanthemum and peony blossoms; signed Dai Nihon
Kyoto Tojiki Goshigaisha Ryozan tsukuru beneath the Yasuda Trading
Company seal-mark,
19.5cm x 41cm (7 5/8in x 16 1/8in).

£20,000 - 30,000
JPY3,000,000 - 4,400,000
US$26,000 - 40,000

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.