Lot description

A large porcelain baluster vase

By the workshop of Kanzan Denshichi (1821-1890), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in overglaze and gilt with a vivid overall design of seven monkeys, a mother searching for fleas on her offspring, one crawling on the ground towards ripe fungus, the rest mischievously at play and hanging from wisteria creepers entwined around a gnarled pine tree, several different species of sparrows and a wagtail fluttering amidst the flowering branches and rose shrubs, all reserved on a grey ground, the stout neck mainly decorated in gilt with a continuous design of phoenixes in flight among stylised flowers enclosed within octagonal shapes, formal medallions and crests; signed on the base in underglaze blue Dai Nihon Kanzan sei. 45.7cm (18in) high.

Quoted from the lot page, © Bonhams. Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 2017-11-09, lot 275 ↗