Lot 478

LARGE JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE
SIGNED RYOZAN, MEIJI PERIOD




Auction: 02 December 2014 at 10:00 GMT
£6,250
Description
of oval form with small flared neck, one panel depicting a scene of two ladies entering a village on the shores of a lake, one on horseback the other in a sedan chair, surrounded by other men and women carrying baskets, the background with a view of Mount Fuji, houses and villagers on the shore, the other side with birds in a garden of chrysanthemums, the two panels flanked by phoenix medallions and floral gilt decoration, the rest of the body covered with gilt decoration of phoenix in flight amongst flowers and waves with roundels depicting further flowers and butterflies, signed to the base
Dimensions
45cm high
Footnote
Provenance: The Alexander Ritchie Collection. For further information see lot 471



