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A PAIR OF TALL-STEMMED SATSUMA MOON FLASKS
By Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Finely decorated in enamels and gilt with complementary designs,
depicting on one side several children engaged in a variety of pastimes
including dancing, playing hanetsuki (Japanese battledore) and see-
sawing, some holding a denden daiko (pellet drum) and on the other
side a moonlit panoramic view over a lake with mountains soaring
in the distance and fishermen in small boats casting their nets in the
foreground, the sides of both vases decorated with numerous densely
clustered minute butterflies, each supported on a tall flaring foot
embellished with assorted seasonal flowers in bloom including fuyo
(rose mallow), shukaido (hardy begonia) and kobushi (magnolia),
each vase signed on the base in gilt with seal Yabu Meizan.
Each vase 16.5cm (6½in) high. (2).

£6,000 - 8,000
JPY890,000 - 1,200,000
US$7,900 - 11,000

Provenance (reverse)
Please refer to the details to the preceding lot.

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