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PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
A Small Covered Earthenware Vase
MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), GILT SEAL YABU MEIZAN
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A Small Covered Earthenware Vase
Meiji period (19th century), gilt seal Yabu Meizan
The compressed ovoid jar fitted with a cover in the manner of a tea jar, decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear crackled glaze with children studying calligraphy and painting with their teachers, the foot painted with a narrow band of scrolling vines and the cover and shoulder painted with a "cloth cover" slightly raised in relief and decorated with chrysanthemum heads
2¼in. (5.7cm.) high
Meiji period (19th century), gilt seal Yabu Meizan
The compressed ovoid jar fitted with a cover in the manner of a tea jar, decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear crackled glaze with children studying calligraphy and painting with their teachers, the foot painted with a narrow band of scrolling vines and the cover and shoulder painted with a "cloth cover" slightly raised in relief and decorated with chrysanthemum heads
2¼in. (5.7cm.) high