A JAPANESE GOSU SATSUMA CHAIRE (TEA CADDY AND COVER)

A JAPANESE GOSU SATSUMA CHAIRE (TEA CADDY AND COVER)
MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The cylindrical body typically decorated in thick polychrome enamels and gilt, with two ho-o birds in flight amongst paulownia mon, the lid with mitsu-tomoe (three-comma designs); the base signed Dai Nihon Satsuma yaki, Hyakushu beniga (Hyaku/ Momo Shuko), 14.3cm. (2)

Provenance: a private English collection of Satsuma wares, Wiltshire.