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SOZAN FOR THE KINKOZAN WORKSHOP (CIRCA 1900) KOKUSAI (ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY)
A fine Satsuma vase A large gosu-blue Satsuma vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900 Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The gu-form vase skillfully painted in colored enamels and gilt over The elongated ovoid vase tapering to a slightly splayed food and
a clear, crackled glaze with multi-registered friezes, the upper most finished with an everted mouth, painted in polychrome enamels and
decorated with a variety of insects, the lowest with fish and other gilt over a crackled glaze with blossoming prunus and leafy bamboo
sea creatures behind a fishing net, and two central friezes decorated above a band of swirling clouds, the neck painted with phoenixes,
with blossoming flowers, all punctuated by bands of geometric or signed on the underside Satsuma Kokusai and with a red seal
floral patterns, the interior of the mouth painted with stiff lappets 23 3/4in (60.2cm) high
of checker-board design, signed on the underside Kyoto Kinkozan
tsukuru Sozan ga (made by Kinkozan of Kyoto; painted by Sozan)
8 1/2in (21.6cm) high $4,000 - 6,000
$8,000 - 12,000
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