An Earthenware Ewer

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), WITH GILT MARK SATSUMA YAKI BAIKA GA, BLUE ENAMEL SHIMAZU CREST

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An Earthenware Ewer
Meiji Period (Late 19th Century), with Gilt Mark Satsuma Yaki Baika Ga, Blue Enamel Shimazu Crest
Of bottle form moulded with an entwined dragon forming the spout and handles, decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear crackled glaze with flowers and bamboo in wicker baskets, fitted with a lappet-designed cover matching the neck moulded with a bud-shaped finial
11in. (27.9cm.) high

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Yabe Yoshiaki, ed., Satsuma no kinrande zuroku (Catalogue of gilded enameled Satsuma) (Fukuoka: Ohmuta Gahden Hoteru Bijutsukan, 1993), pl. 35.

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