Lot Essay
For further examples by Nishiura Enji of the Mino Company see Gisela Jahn, Meiji Ceramics, The Art of Japanese Export Porcelain and Satsuma Ware 1868-1912, (Germany, 2004), pl. 167, 169, pps. 230-234; and Joe Earle, Splendors of Meiji: Treasures of Imperial Japan, Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection (St. Petersburg, Florida, 1999), pl.359, p.342