A PAIR OF JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES BY RYOZAN FOR THE YASUDA COMPANY

A PAIR OF JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES BY RYOZAN FOR THE YASUDA COMPANY
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The two cylindrical vases each decorated with a horizontal panel enclosing a lively scene with many figures, some playing hanetsuki with long battledores, others carrying small children or playing musical instruments; above a border of auspicious objects, and with other panels enclosing flowers, birds and praying mantis; all reserved on a ground of brocade patterns; each signed to the base Nihon Kyoto Yasuda Ryozan, 15cm. (2)

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