TWO SATSUMA DISHES

THE FIRST SIGNED KINKOZAN, THE SECOND SIGNED DAI NIHON TAIZAN SEI, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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TWO SATSUMA DISHES
THE FIRST SIGNED KINKOZAN, THE SECOND SIGNED DAI NIHON TAIZAN SEI, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Both decorated in various coloured enamels and gilt, the first depicting bijin in a pavilion; the second with plum blossom
19cm. and 24cm. diam. (2)

拍品专文

Inscribed on a silk moth-shaped cartouche sanga hachi zu [Eight Views of Silk Worms]. Presumably this dish is one of a series of eight depicting stages of sericulture. Young silk worms were said to resemble the shape of beautiful women's eyebrows.