A FINE JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL MEIJI 1868-1912 The well decorated with women on a terrace...

A FINE JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL

MEIJI 1868-1912

The well decorated with women on a terrace overlooking a large garden, the exterior with various genre scenes, the largest one with many boys playing musical instruments, on an asa-no-ha ground with scattered books, the base signed Hankinzan do, 13cm.

Cf. L Lawrence, Satsuma Masterpieces from the World's Important Collections, pp.114-115, for other comparable bowls by Hankinzan..