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A SATSUMA OVOID VASE
By Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Finely decorated in enamels and gilt with a warbler spying on
a spider weaving its web beneath fruiting branches of kobushi
magnolia draping across the shoulder and trailing down the body;
signed on the base Yabu Meizan within a gilt seal.
25.5cm (10in) high.

£5,000 - 8,000
JPY660,000 - 1,100,000
US$6,200 - 9,900

VARIOUS PROPERTIES
145
A SATSUMA OVOID VASE
By Taizan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt, the body with two wide
rectangular panels enclosing three ducks swimming on the water
beneath overarching branches of plum framed within a narrow
band of a stylized dragon among clouds on one side and a pair
of tanchozuru (red-crested cranes) standing amid autumnal
grasses and flowers framed within narrow bands of flowers
interwoven among fragmented shippo-tsunagi (linked-cash)
on the other; signed on the base with an impressed seal Taizan.
25.7cm (10in) high.

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY130,000 - 200,000
US$1,200 - 1,900

146
TWO SMALL SATSUMA VESSELS
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Each decorated in enamels and gilt, the first a partially reticulated
incense jar and cover, painted with flowers and scrolls amid
brocade designs, beneath a loop handle, the cover surmounted
by a floral knop, unsigned, 12.7cm (5in) high; the second an
incense jar and cover of squat form, supported on three feet,
similarly painted with a dragon among swirling clouds,
signed Kizan. 10.2cm (4in) wide. (4).

£1,000 - 1,500
144 JPY130,000 - 200,000
US$1,200 - 1,900

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