Meiji Period Satsuma Pair of Vases

A pair of "butterfly" Satsuma earthenware vases, Meiji period finely decorated in enamels and gilt with scenes of Samurai and retainers and high ranking female members of the househ...

Meiji Period Diminutive Satsuma Baluster Vase. This Japanese Satsuma vase from the late Meiji period is hand painted and gilt decorated with a Japanese landscape in exquisite detail...

Kinkozan, Japanese Satsuma vase, Meiji Period (1868-1912) Of baluster form with an elongated neck decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear crackle glaze in an Art-Nouvea...

Japanese Satsuma Earthenware Vase, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, of baluster form, the decorated in poly-chrome enamels and gilt on a clear crackle glaze with a Daimyo procession, the nec...

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING From our Japanese Satsuma collection, we’re pleased to offer this unusually shaped pair of Japanese Satsuma vases, signed by the artist Senzan 泉山 and dating...

A Fine Japanese Satsuma Vase with Bijin, Peacock, and Chrysanthemums. Attributed to Kinkozan Workshop, Kyoto, Meiji period (late 19th century) Of pear-shaped form with a flared f...

the body of this small marvelous vase is painted with a scene of a puppet show vendor with his wood backpack, on top of the backpack there are toys and dolls, he is surrounded with a group of 6 children, and on the background you can see a village. on the other side of the vase there is an amazing painting of flowers and on the sides there are two amazing strong pine trees, the amorphous background is decorated in a "Tortoiseshell" color and design that gives it a real character and which is quite rare to see on satsuma pottery. all the vase is over richly overpainted over the glaze with gold, which gives it its depth and realism. signed Kyoto Kinkozan zo, and sealed Kinkozan zo Kyoto’s Satsuma: The painting technique used in Kyoto’s Satsuma-style ware is said to be the invention of the sixth generation Kinkōzan Sōbei (1824–1884). The Kinkōzan were a famous family of Kyoto Awataguchi potters who made ceramics that were used at Shōren'in, a temple closely tied to the imperial family, and by the shoguns of the Edo government. In fact the shogun is said to have granted them the name Kinkōzan. With the upheavals at the end of the Edo period, however, and the reforms of the subsequent Meiji government, the potters lost their traditional patrons and had to develop new markets. Just at that time, the visit of a certain Westerner is said to have decided them to embark on overseas trade. By 1870, they had perfected Kyō Satsuma...

A large Meiji period Satsuma earthenware floor vase, the of baluster form, painted in pastel overglaze enamels and gilding with two large sprays of flowers including prunus blossom, ...

A large Meiji period Satsuma earthenware floor vase, the skittle shaped body painted in pastel overglaze enamels and gilding with a continuous frieze of the Seven Gods...

From our Japanese Satsuma Collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese Satsuma Vase by Ryokuzan 緑山. The Satsuma vase of ovoid shape with a tapered body, circular foot rim, wai...