Two Satsuma earthenware vessels


Meiji eraEach painted in gilt and polychrome enamels, the larger a double-gourd bottle decorated with three irregular brocade and gilt cloud bands above karako (Chinese children) playing on a garden terrace on the lower lobe, unsigned; the smaller a pear-shaped vase with a figural panel of Fukurokuju and karako reversed by a Chinese landscape, all reserved on a gilt ground scattered with blossoms, brocade lappets encircling the neck, signed Yozan. 7 and 5 1/8in (18 and 13cm) high
|ProvenanceGift of Wilson F. Higgins