A LARGE SATSUMA VASE

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A LARGE SATSUMA VASE
DECORATED IN VARIOUS COLOURED ENAMELS AND GILT WITH TWO PANELS SURROUNDED BY FOLIAGE, ONE WITH PHEASANTS AND YOUNG BENEATH CHERRY TREES BY FLORAL BUSHES, ANOTHER WITH COCKERELS AND CHICKS UNDER WISTERIA, THE NECK WITH TWO ROUNDELS OF HO-O BIRDS ALTERNATED BY FAN SHAPED PANELS WITH COSMOS ON A BROCADE PATTERNED BAND, BROCADE LAPPETS TO THE RIM (RESTORED BASE, SLIGHT GILT RUBBING), LATE 19TH CENTURY
60.5CM. HIGH

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THIS VASE WAS GIVEN TO THE BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO, BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IN 1910.

ALTHOUGH THE SIGNATURE IS MISSING IT IS PROBABLY FROM THE KINKOZAN WORKSHOP

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