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A SATSUMA PLATE A SMALL SATSUMA FLORIFORM DISH A LARGE SATSUMA RECTANGULAR-
By Kizan, Meiji era (1868-1912), By Kaizan, Meiji era (1868-1912), SECTION VASE
late 19th/early 20th century late 19th/early 20th century By Okamoto Ryozan, Meiji era (1868-1912),
Finely decorated in enamels and gilt with Finely decorated in enamels and gilt with late 19th/early 20th century
an artist and pupil in the bottom foreground numerous figures in front of a large wood Finely decorated in enamels and gilt with
staring agape at the group of figures saisenbako (offering box for coins) and four outdoor lakescapes during the spring,
comprising an oiran (high-ranking courtesan) kneeling before a giant sculpture of a two panels depicting dense scenes of
and attendants coming to life from the right Buddhist female deity, probably Kishoten or several figures of different classes including
panel of a two-fold screen, the left panel Benzaiten holding a hoken (sacred sword) families, merchants, sightseers and revellers
depicting a rural scene of an Oharame and a hoju (wish-granting jewel) enclosed enjoying hanami (cherry-blossom) viewing,
(peasant woman from Ohara) carrying within a gated compound where monks are some depicted strolling over a drum bridge,
bundles of brushwood on her head walking performing other rites, on the left other figures others seated on the open-terrace veranda
along a bridge; the screen framed by a mass passing in front of a group of statues of rakan; of a chaya (tea house) and children fishing,
of millefleur; signed on the base with a seal signed on the base with a seal Kaizan zo. separated by a flowering yamazakura
Kizan and an impressed seal Kizan. 3.2cm x 17.7cm (1¼in x 7in). (mountain cherry) with its branches draped
19.8cm (7¾in) diameter. diagonally and spreading across the body
£1,500 - 1,800 and an exotic parrot perched on flowering
£1,500 - 1,800 JPY220,000 - 260,000 cherry branches, the shoulder and foot
JPY220,000 - 260,000 US$2,000 - 2,400 with swirling overlapping brocade enclosing
US$2,000 - 2,400 assorted designs including butterflies, cranes,
auspicous objects, geometric and other floral
motifs; signed on the base in gilt with a seal
Kyoto Ryozan beneath the Yasuda Trading
Company mark. 56cm (22in) high.
£12,000 - 15,000
JPY1,700,000 - 2,200,000
US$16,000 - 20,000
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. FINE JAPANESE ART | 103