An unusual partially enamelled small ovoid Satsuma vase
An unusual partially enamelled small ovoid Satsuma vase
By Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The cream body painted in a gilt outline with intentional omission of enamels depicting a continuous autumnal outdoor scene of figures at leisure or gathering mushrooms in a field, beneath trailing maple leaves decorated in green and iron-red coloured enamels and gilding trailing from the neck and draping diagonally over the shoulder; signed on the base with a gilt seal Yabu Meizan. 12.4cm (4 5/8in) high.
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An unusual partially enamelled small ovoid Satsuma vase
By Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The cream body painted in a gilt outline with intentional omission of enamels depicting a continuous autumnal outdoor scene of figures at leisure or gathering mushrooms in a field, beneath trailing maple leaves decorated in green and iron-red coloured enamels and gilding trailing from the neck and draping diagonally over the shoulder; signed on the base with a gilt seal Yabu Meizan. 12.4cm (4 5/8in) high.