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                                                             A SATSUMA CONICAL BOWL
                                                             Meiji period (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
                                                             Decorated in enamels and gilt, the interior depicting a seated armoured
                                                             soldier praying before Ryuto Kannon (Kannon standing on a dragon)
                                                             emerging from the sea, amidst turbulent waves applied in ceramic high
                                                             relief around the rim creating a 3D effect, the exterior with enamelled
                                                             arabesque foliate motifs beneath a rim decorated with a band of
                                                             stylised clouds, the foot encircled by a repeated stylised foliage and
                                                             flowers; unsigned. 5cm x 14cm (2in x 5½in).
                                                             £700 - 900
                                                             JPY110,000 - 140,000
                                                             US$950 - 1,200
                                                             224*

                                                             A SATSUMA CYLINDRICAL KORO
                                                             (INCENSE BURNER) AND SILVER COVER
                                                             By Hozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
                                                             Decorated in enamels and gilt with a continuous winter scene of three
                                                             courtiers dressed in sumptuous costume on horseback during a
                                                             hunting excursion in the New Year, birds in flight above and clumps of
                                                             young pine above the foot, with a silver cover reticulated in the form of
                                                             a chrysanthemum blossom; signed on the base in gilt Hozan beneath
                                                             the characteristic Shimazu crest. 12cm (4¾in) high. (2).
                                                             £800 - 1,000
                                                             JPY120,000 - 150,000
                                                             US$1,100 - 1,400
                                                             225
                                                             A SATSUMA RECTANGULAR TEACADDY AND COVER
                                                             By Kobaien, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
                                                             Painted in enamels and gilt, each face with a different scene, one with
                                                             Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra) reading a scroll seated on a white
                                                             elephant, another with Monju Bosatsu (Manjusri) on a shishi (Chinese
                                                             mythical lion), separated by two panels of birds and flowers, one with
                                                             a peacock perched on a pine tree and the other with a white egret
                                                             wading in a river, the domed cover decorated with a prancing kirin
                     224                                     amidst stylised foliage, a removable en-suite inner lid, signed in gilt on
                                                             the base with an almost entirely obliterated signature Kobaien with a
                                                             kao; with a square wood stand. 12.7cm (5in) high. (4).

                                                             £800 - 1,200
                                                             JPY120,000 - 180,000
                                                             US$1,100 - 1,600

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