A JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL BY KINZAN MEIJI PERIOD

A JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL BY KINZAN

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

With a foliate rim and decorated in gilt and polychrome, the well with two large rats gnawing at a feather and with a third one in the distance, the rim richly painted with brocade patterns, the outside with scattered branches of coral and the foot surrounded by lappets with further brocade patterns and scrolling tendrils, the base signed Kinzan in a square reserve, 15.1cm dia.