Good Pair of Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Vases

Painted with Continuous Scenes From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese Satsuma Vase Pair by Gyokuzan. The vases of squat bulbous form with pinched neck...

Pair of finest quality Japanese Palace size Meiji period satsuma vases hand painted and Enameled with Cranes and various birds and flowers.

The vases of large oval form potted from earthenware with pinched neck and base stood upon a splayed circular foot. The vases extensively decorated with a continuous scene with polychrome colours and raised enamels featuring a large central white elephant and various figures. The top and bottom bordered by arched gilt decoration and gilded rims. The bases signed by a three character mark in red 新井造 Arai Zo (made by Arai). The vases date to the Meiji period (1868-1912) and are large in size measuring 46cm High. Meiji Period is an era of Japanese history that spanned from 1868 to 1912. It was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people began to build a paradigm of a modern, industrialised nation state and emergent great power, influenced by Western countries and aesthetics. As a result of radically different ideas, the changes to Japan were profound and it affected the social structure, politics, economy, military, and foreign relations...

A very impressive and decorative pair of 19th century (Meiji period 1868-1912) Japanese Satsuma flared neck vases. Each with wonderful gilded and hand-painted decoration. Depicting o...

A good quality 19th Century Japanese Satsuma vase, having imperial influences with a dark blue ground, blossom tree decoration to the flared neck, circul...

Pair of Japanese Satsuma hand painted porcelain miniature vases, Meiji Period Cobalt blue ground with geometric and floral gilt decoration. Hand painted images of figures in traditional kimono...