A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE SATSUMA ITEMS

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE SATSUMA ITEMS
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Comprising: a bowl decorated to the interior with beauties and children by a river, the exterior painted with flowers and butterflies, the base signed Ryozan; a hexagonal bottle vase, with figures in interiors, the base with an illegible signature; a small jug, with lobed panels of figures by a watery landscape, reserved on a ground of flowers and brocade panels, the base possibly signed Shuzan; a slender baluster vase with Ebisu on a carp surrounded by many boys, reserved on a ground of butterflies and brocade squares; and a small vase with beauties and a boy in a garden and elegant figures in an interior, reserved on a ground of flowers and bamboo stems with key fret bands to the shoulder and neck, 12.2cm max. (5)

Provenance: the private collection of a lady and gentleman, Derbyshire.

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