Lot description
Yabu Meizan (1853-1934)
A fine Satsuma vase
Meiji era(1868-1912), late 19th century
With a bulbous body tapering down to a slightly flared foot and with a wide mouth, and painted in colored enamels and gilt on a clear crackled ground with a procession of festival floats and groups of people enjoying seasonal festivities, above stands of chrysanthemums and peony lappets, the mouth painted with hollyhock-leaf chrysanthemum flourishes, sighed in gilt Yabu Meizan, the foot with impressed signature Meizan
7 1/4in (18.3cm) highFootnotes
Exhibited:
Columbia, Columbia Museum of Art, “Meiji Magic, Imperial Porcelain from Japan from the Collection of Alex and Barbara Kasten”, 3 January- 18 May, 2014
Quoted from the lot page, © Bonhams. Bonhams, Fine Japanese and Korean art, 2017-03-15, lot 6253 ↗
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