MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), GILT MARK KOZAN GA, BLUE ENAMEL SHIMAZU FAMILY CREST,

Details

An Earthenware Vase
Meiji period (late 19th century), gilt mark Kozan ga, blue enamel Shimazu family crest,
painted in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear crackled glaze with two irregularly-shaped panels of confronted phoenixes and a pair of fish below a mythical beast, and two smaller panels of peonies and chrysanthemums behind a fence, the foot decorated with band of lappets containing floral scrolls and the neck with similar lappets and brocade
7 7/8in. (20cm.) high

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Yabe Yoshiaki, ed., Satsuma no kinrande zuroku (Catalogue of gilded enameled Satsuma) (Fukuoka: Omuta Gahden Hoteru Bijutsukan, 1993), pl. 7.
Sold Christie's, London, 14 November, 1989, lot 352.

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