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Lot 251*
A tall Satsuma conical vase By Yabu Meizan, Meiji Period
11 November 2010, 14:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £22,800 inc. premium
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By Yabu Meizan, Meiji Period
Finely painted and gilt with an extensive view of Matsushima Island, depicting fishermen's huts and rocky promontories in the foreground, their nets hanging out to dry; other thatched buildings nestled amongst pine trees on the shore; sailing and fishing boats on the lake and mountains rising in the distance, the neck with panels enclosing peonies, cherry-blossoms, wisteria and chrysanthemums beneath a geometric border, signed on a gilt seal Yabu Meizan. 32cm (12½in) high.
Finely painted and gilt with an extensive view of Matsushima Island, depicting fishermen's huts and rocky promontories in the foreground, their nets hanging out to dry; other thatched buildings nestled amongst pine trees on the shore; sailing and fishing boats on the lake and mountains rising in the distance, the neck with panels enclosing peonies, cherry-blossoms, wisteria and chrysanthemums beneath a geometric border, signed on a gilt seal Yabu Meizan. 32cm (12½in) high.
Footnotes
薩摩 金彩色絵松島図花瓶 藪明山作 明治時代
Compare with a very similar Satsuma vase by Yabu Meizan, in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, Meiji no Takara, Treasures of Imperial Japan, Ceramics Part II, Earthenware, illustrated no.95.





