A Satsuma ovoid vase
A Satsuma ovoid vase
By Taizan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt, the body with two wide rectangular panels enclosing three ducks swimming on the water beneath overarching branches of plum framed within a narrow band of a stylized dragon among clouds on one side and a pair of tanchozuru (red-crested cranes) standing amid autumnal grasses and flowers framed within narrow bands of flowers interwoven among fragmented shippo-tsunagi (linked-cash) on the other; signed on the base with an impressed seal Taizan. 25.7cm (10in) high.
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A Satsuma ovoid vase
By Taizan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Decorated in enamels and gilt, the body with two wide rectangular panels enclosing three ducks swimming on the water beneath overarching branches of plum framed within a narrow band of a stylized dragon among clouds on one side and a pair of tanchozuru (red-crested cranes) standing amid autumnal grasses and flowers framed within narrow bands of flowers interwoven among fragmented shippo-tsunagi (linked-cash) on the other; signed on the base with an impressed seal Taizan. 25.7cm (10in) high.
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