Kinkozan Bowls and Baskets

Description A Japanese Satsuma teapot and cover marked base, miniature Condition Overall condition restoration to rim. Size 60mm high Period 19...

An exceptional Japanese Satsuma miniature spool shaped pottery teapot and cover finely hand enameled with Kozon mark and dating from around 1880. This delightful teapot has an invers...

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 fine diminutive, antique Japanese Satsuma pottery cabinet vase. Decorated throughout with gilding and raised enamel. There are...

A Satsuma Earthenware Vase, by Kinkozan, Japanese, Meiji period (1868-1912) decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear, crackled glaze, delicately painted with ladies and men, the reverse with a flowering garden with sprays of flowers, the neck with geometric and floral designs, a band of kifu heads in silver and gilt above the foot, on a midnight-blue ground, signed Kinkozan zo...

Japanese Meiji period satsuma scalloped shaped bowl. The bowl of beautiful form with gilt pin-striping and dotting to the accented areas. The exterior decorated with multiple fish swimming around the outside with small flower sprays between. To the inside a painted netting covers the bowl with butterflies and further floral sprays. The centre decorated with representations of each of the woodcut prints from Hiroshige's Tokaido gojusan tsugi (53 Stations of the Tokaido Road). To the base a stylised cartouche signature within an oval for Suizan.  This Japanese satsuma bowl...

This is a good quality Japanese porcelain plate or dish, which we date to the Edo period, circa 1840. The plate is beautifully hand decorated with varying shades of under-glaze c...

A pair of signed Sbei Kinkzan VII Satsuma polychrome porcelain vases with gold standard (kinrande) from Kyoto, Imperial City, Japan. Kyo Satsuma ceramics c...

As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this finely decorated Meiji Period (1868-1912) Satsuma vase stemming from the highly regarded Kinkozan studi...

Fabulous Japanese vases with an all around scene of lovely ladies, 19th century. Marked at base, ?? Yasui Condition Overall condition vase 1 perfect, just some minimal enamel...

Cobalt Blue Natsume From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese Satsuma Natsume by Kinkozan. The Natsume of elongated rectangular form with four recessed panels each bordered by a gilt foliage decoration. The Natsume raised upon a square base with a scalloped centre. The top of the Satsuma finished with the original lid with matching gilt foliage decoration. The panels of the Satsuma decorated with multiple figures in various pursuits framed within a shaped recesses. The base of the Satsuma is signed with the Kinkozan mark. The Natsume dates to the Meiji Period (1868-1912) circa 1890. Natsume is a Chaki 茶器 (tea implement) used in a Japanese Tea Ceremony and is a term for a Japanese Tea Caddy...

This is a high quality Earthenware Japanese Satsuma - Kutani large Bowl, beautifully hand decorated and dating to Circa 1940. This is a well potte...