An Earthenware Vase

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), BLUE ENAMEL SHIMAZU CREST

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An Earthenware Vase
Meiji Period (Late 19th Century), Blue Enamel Shimazu Crest
Of ovoid form with an elongated tapered neck and square mouth painted in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear crackled glaze with four panels of chrysanthemums and phoenixes on a background of chrysanthemum heads and scrolling gilt vines, the panels bordered by a lappet band and a band of chrysanthemums and hollyhock crests on foliate sprays, the body with elaborate floral brocade and a band of key frets around the foot
10in. (26.3cm.) high

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Yabe Yoshiaki, ed., Satsuma no kinrande zuroku (Catalogue of gilded enameled Satsuma) (Fukuoka: Ohmuta Gahden Hoteru Bijutsukan, 1993), pl. 45.

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