A JAPANESE MINIATURE SATSUMA VASE BY RYOZAN

A JAPANESE MINIATURE SATSUMA VASE BY RYOZAN

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The ovoid body delicately painted with a continuous river landscape, one side with two waders walking in a stream by a woven fence, the other with another bird in flight, a small thatched building visible in the distance, with large sprays of peonies, chrysanthemum, irises and other flowers, a band of key fret in gilt above the foot and brocade patterns to the neck, the base signed Ryozan kore zo, 9.6cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, Gloucestershire.