1900 Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Huge Vase with Samurai Scenes

Huge Imari vase with email painted with birds and kiku flowers.

D'Argental was the name given to a line of cameo glass made by the Cristallerie de Saint Louis starting, circa 1919. Most of the pieces were designed by Paul Nicolas, a protégé of Ém...

Pair of Satsuma vases porcelain with lid.

Midcentury pale rose huge bubble vase.

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Art Nouveau huge porcelain floor amphora by J.Bünzli who was CEO of the famous German manufacturer KAHLA from ......

A fine quality and imposing late 19th Century Japanese Imperial Satsuma vase. Having a cobalt blue ground, scrolling gilded foliate decoration to the...

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...

Satsuma ware has been produced since the 1600's and has a very distinct elaborately decorated body often with geometric enamel works throughout. Some of the most elaborate pieces mad...

Antique Satsuma gilt porcelain vase depicting hand painted immortal figures all around the piece in high relief. Made in Japan, c. 1900's. *Includes mark on base. Dimensions: 11.5"H ...

A gorgeous pair of Japanese earthenware Satsuma vases, hand-painted, Meiji period, circa early-20th century, Japan. Vases' beautiful decoration is high-qu...

A very good quality pair of Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Satsuma porcelain vases / lamps. Each with wonderful gilded classical motif decoration, with inset hand painted panels depicting various scenes of courtiers in attendance and Samurai warriors. Both mounted on ormolu oriental stands.