A large Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase , MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY | Christie's

Sale 1365

19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art and

New York

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23 April 2004

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Lot 29

A large Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Price realised

USD 1,434

Estimate

USD 1,500 - USD 2,500

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A large Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase
Meiji period, 19th Century
The pierced hardwood domed cover above a waisted neck flanked by figures suspending tassels, the tapering hexagonal body parcel-gilt and decorated in polychrome enamels with various immortals over a clear crackled glaze, supported on Buddhistic lion monopodiae above a pierced hardwood circular base
Overall: 40 in. (101.6 cm.) high
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