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A SATSUMA SQUAT CIRCULAR VESSEL A SMALL SATSUMA OVOID VASE A SATSUMA VASE
AND COVER By Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), By Yabu Meizan (1853-1934),
By Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), Meiji era (1868-1912), Meiji era (1868-1912),
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century late 19th/early 20th century
late 19th/early 20th century Finely decorated in enamels and gilt, Finely decorated in enamels and gilt with a
Finely decorated in enamels and gilt, the body with a wide central continuous continuous design of artisans engaged in
the flattened circular body raised on a landscape depicting sailing boats on a their crafts including tatami-makers,
circular foot with five petal form panels, lake before distant mountains and a village candle-makers, basket-weavers and
each enclosing a different scene including with fishing boats and nets drying in the sculptors adding the finishing touches to
a coastline view with fishermen in the foreground, the shoulder with a flower- a statue of Bishamonten, the neck with
foreground, a finch perched on a flowering shaped panel enclosing closely clustered branches of maple trailing and draping
branch and children at play separated by chrysanthemum blossoms, the foot with diagonally across the shoulder; signed
repeated millefleurs, the cover with a mass a narrow band of florets, the neck with a on the base Yabu Meizan within a gilt seal.
of chrysanthemum blossoms moulded in low narrow band of repeated geometric patterns; 13cm (5 1/8in) high.
relief; signed on the base with a gilt seal Yabu signed on the base with a gilt seal Yabu
Meizan. 6.3cm (2½in) high. (2). Meizan. 9cm (3½in) high. £1,500 - 2,000
JPY200,000 - 260,000
£6,000 - 8,000 £7,000 - 9,000 US$1,900 - 2,500
JPY790,000 - 1,100,000 JPY920,000 - 1,200,000
US$7,400 - 9,900 US$8,600 - 11,000

Illustrated on page 91.

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