Antique ca 1900 Japanese Satsuma Top Quality Mini Vase Richly Decorated

Sharing with you is this nice satsuma miniature vase decorated with wisteria. Marked: Hotoda Condition Overall Condition Perfect. Size 91mm high Period Meiji Periode (...

Description Japanese Satsuma vase with cover, Meiji period The first of ovoid form, the domed cover surmounted by a seated boy, decorated with scenes of noble figures in palace i...

Japanese Satsuma mini vases, ca. 1900 Meiji period (1867-1912) Japanese Satsuma vases of 9.2 cm high in a conical-cylindrical shape with measurem...

An Satsuma ceramic stone ware vase, circa 19th century, around the end of the Edo and the beginning of Meiji period. In the form of a Classic garlic bottle whose prototype was from China, the white bodied piece is decorated with an early form of kin nishikide, the so called golden brocade, a palette of iron-red, blue, green, yellow, purple and black with golden highlight. The over glazed enamel paint shows a group of robed figures in a garden setting with a lion and three tigers. A transparent overall glaze shows very fine crackles. The design is relatively sparse with plenty of negative space in contrast to the Satsuma production from the late 19th century, when the trend became fussy and overly glitz, due to the influence by the perceived western taste for the export market. This piece may still be made for export but its pattern was more influenced by both Kyoto Pottery and the Kano school of painting compared to the export ware by the end of the 19th century onward to the early 20th century. It was believed by many that this was a result of Satsuma potters visiting Kyoto in the late seventeenth century to learn over glaze painting techniques. There are some age glaze crackles especially around the foot. The piece is not signed in keeping with the earlier production before Satsuma ceramics...