Pair of Antique Japanese Satsuma Vase Japanese Satsuma Ware Lovely Ladies

Nice quality with superb decoration of cranes and turtles. With elephant handles. Both lamps are working! The additions are bronze Condition:...

Fabulous Japanese vase. The blue enamels are unusual and so nice. Marked at the body; The first two characters indicate a name: Xiang Feng (?) Followed by the character xie, mean...

Fabulous Japanese Satsuma vases. Marked base Condition Overall condition perfect. Measure: 80mm height Period Meiji Periode (1867-1912).    

Description: Fabulous small Japanese. Absolute top quality decoration a pottery. Marked at the base. Condition: Overall condition 1 perfect, 1 with restoration to rim. Size: 90 ...

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

A fine antique Japanese Satsuma pottery vase. In the form of a bud vase with a round base and narrow, tapered neck. Decorated throug...

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...

Pair of very fine quality early Meiji period Japanese Satsuma vases, one with its 19th century paper label added by its retailer.