Lot description

Yabu Meizan (1853-1934)

A fine and large Satsuma vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900
Of elongated ovoid form tapering to the foot and finished with a square, slightly everted mouth, painted in polychrome enamels and gilt with a continuous scene of villagers gathering shells at low tide, fishing boats and mountains in the distance, the shoulder decorated with a lobed collar of chrysanthemum scroll below a band of coiling vines, the foot with a band of lappet reserves molded in relief and decorated with flower blossoms, sgned on the underside in gilt Yabu Meizan
8 3/8in (21.2cm) high

Footnotes

Provenance
Purchased, Grover Antiques, 1962

Quoted from the lot page, © Bonhams. Bonhams, Fine Japanese and Korean Art, 2019-03-20, lot 338 ↗