FINE MINIATURE SATSUMA VASE
BY YABU MEIZAN, MEIJI PERIOD, CA. 1900
£2,394
Auction: 17 May 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
明治 藪明山底款 薩摩燒人物圖袖珍瓶 帶盒
of oval form with small flaring mouth, minutely painted with a continuous scene of adults and children engaged in various gaming activities, all between two flower bands under the mouth and above the foot, the base signed in gilt 'Yabu Meizan', with a fitted leather bound box
Dimensions
4cm high
Provenance
The Estate of the Late Robert Bogdan, formerly of Barra Castle, Aberdeenshire
Footnote
A fine miniature Satsuma vase by Yabu Meizan, comparable in shape and decorations, bigger (7.3cm high) with more latitude for elaborate floral bands, sold at Bonhams London, 22 March 2023, lot 938.