Japanese Art


























Three Satsuma vases


By Meizan, Kinkozan and Seikozan, Meiji eraThe first of baluster form with trumpet neck and domed foot decorated with a peacock among fruiting and flowering branches, inscribed Kyoto Kinkozan zo, 30.5cm high; the second of globular form enamelled with brocade lappet band at neck above chidori flying over stems of flowering chrysanthemums, signed Meizan to base, 14.5cm high; together with a bottle vase decorated with butterflies and chidori among flowers spaced by brocade lappet bands on a stippled ground, signed Seikozan to base.30.5cm high (3).