A LARGE JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL

£400 - £600

A LARGE JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Richly decorated inside and out with many rakan and other Immortals in a heavenly city, one holding a scroll inscribed Dai Nihon Satsuma yaki, Minako Sanjo Shirakawa-bashi, framed by brocade patterns and Shimazu mon; the base signed Dai Nihon Satsuma yaki, Kusube zo, 24.3cm.

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