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A large and fine Satsuma vase By Yabu Meizan, Meiji era (late 19th century)
18 March 2015, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$31,250 inc. premium
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A large and fine Satsuma vase
By Yabu Meizan, Meiji era (late 19th century)
Decorated on a clear crackled glaze in polychrome enamels and gilt with a continuous scene of Lake Biwa including figures gathered around blossoming cherry trees at a shrine and boats along a rocky coastline, a mountainous landscape in the distance, all above a band of floral lozenges, the shoulder painted with a lappet border of alternating panels containing peonies and chrysanthemums, the elongated neck delicately painted with trailing wisteria in pink, blue and purple, the top edge with a key-fret border, the top rim and the foot rim decorated with a floral vine pattern, signed in gilt on the underside Yabu Meizan
8 5/8in (21.8cm) high
Decorated on a clear crackled glaze in polychrome enamels and gilt with a continuous scene of Lake Biwa including figures gathered around blossoming cherry trees at a shrine and boats along a rocky coastline, a mountainous landscape in the distance, all above a band of floral lozenges, the shoulder painted with a lappet border of alternating panels containing peonies and chrysanthemums, the elongated neck delicately painted with trailing wisteria in pink, blue and purple, the top edge with a key-fret border, the top rim and the foot rim decorated with a floral vine pattern, signed in gilt on the underside Yabu Meizan
8 5/8in (21.8cm) high