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SATSUMA EARTHENWARE
Various Properties
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A PAIR OF SATSUMA HEXAGONAL VASES
By the Tohakuen workshop, Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1890s
Boldly and finely decorated in enamels and gilt with matching
designs, each face depicting a different historical, legendary, bird-
and-flower scene including Kokaku Sennin riding a crane, Minamoto
no Yoshimitsu playing the sho (mouth organ), a sparrow flying over
morning glories and a pair of monkeys on a fruiting tree, three alternate
faces on each vase covered with a textured net curtain delicately
rendered in white enamel, the necks, shoulders and feet with stylised
repeated gilt floral crests and patterns; each vase signed Tohakuen
within a pierced oval reserve.
Each vase 24.5cm (9 5/8in) high. (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
JPY440,000 - 730,000
US$3,900 - 6,500

Provenance
A long-established Scottish collection.

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. FINE JAPANESE ART | 99