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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), GILT MARK DAI NIPPON SATSUMA KIZAN
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An Earthenware Model of an Elephant
Meiji Period (Late 19th Century), Gilt Mark Dai Nippon Satsuma Kizan
Painted in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear crackled glaze, its back, shoulders and haunches draped with a tasselled caparison decorated with gilt hollyhocks, chrysanthemum heads and scrolls on gilt scrolling vines, a headdress of feathers and tassels over its brow
6in. (16.5cm.) high, 11in. (27.9cm.) long
Meiji Period (Late 19th Century), Gilt Mark Dai Nippon Satsuma Kizan
Painted in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear crackled glaze, its back, shoulders and haunches draped with a tasselled caparison decorated with gilt hollyhocks, chrysanthemum heads and scrolls on gilt scrolling vines, a headdress of feathers and tassels over its brow
6in. (16.5cm.) high, 11in. (27.9cm.) long