Antique Japanese Satsuma Carved in Relief Parcel Gilt Pottery Dragon Vase C1920

Antique Japanese Satsuma Hand Painted & Gilt Pottery Vase with Pagoda & Landscape C1920 Measures - 12"h x 6.5"diam

Four Antique Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Vases C1920 Measures - 3.5"H x 4.5"diam (2 sm white) 2.75"H x 3.25...

Antique Japanese Satsuma Hand Painted Floral & Gilt Pottery Lidded Urn C1920 Measures - 5.5"h x 3"diam

Three Antique Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Vases with Garden Flowers & Gilt C1920 Measures - 3"H x 3"diam 2....

Japanese Satsuma vase: Ladies of the Court, Kannon and Gilded Dragon. Signed on the bottom.

A fantastic small Japanese Satsuma vase with image of writhing dragons, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. The vase of elegant baluster form, with a slightly flared foot, slender body...

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...

Japanese Satsuma hand decorated vase.