Satsuma
A fine and large Satsuma bowl
By Yabu Meizan, late 19th century
The deep bowl set on a ring foot and with nearly straight sides and finely painted in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear crackled glaze with a continuous scene of Kyoto's Gion festival featuring numerous ceremonial floats and a model of Mt. Fuji with the animals of the zodiac around the base, the foot painted with a lappet band of flower heads containing panels of various birds and flowers, the rim designed with a geometric band, the interior rim carefully painted with wisteria garlands, signed on the underside in gilt Yabu Meizan
5 7/8in (14.8cm) high; 6in (15.1cm) diameter
The deep bowl set on a ring foot and with nearly straight sides and finely painted in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear crackled glaze with a continuous scene of Kyoto's Gion festival featuring numerous ceremonial floats and a model of Mt. Fuji with the animals of the zodiac around the base, the foot painted with a lappet band of flower heads containing panels of various birds and flowers, the rim designed with a geometric band, the interior rim carefully painted with wisteria garlands, signed on the underside in gilt Yabu Meizan
5 7/8in (14.8cm) high; 6in (15.1cm) diameter
Sold for
US$ 64,900
inc. premium
Footnotes
- For very similar bowl in size and design, see The Nasser D. Khalili Collection vol V, Ceramics Part 1 (London: The Kibo Foundation, 1995), no. 83.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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