A JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL BY YOZAN MEIJI PERIOD

A JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL BY YOZAN

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

With a scalloped rim and richly painted in gilt and polychrome, the well with three large panels enclosing butterflies fluttering above peonies, figures in a mountainous river landscape and large carp swimming in a stream, on a ground of many flowers and brocade patterns, the rim painted black with cherry blossoms and karakusa scrolls in gilt, the outside with a continuous design of butterflies amongst peonies, chrysanthemum, hibiscus and hydrangea, the base signed Kyoto Yozan in a square cartouche, 10cm.