Japanese Satsuma Vase, XIXth Century

Old bronze soliflore vase decorated with foliage from Japan, late 19th century, height 24 cm. Additional information: Material: Bronze Dimension: 8...

Glass vase mounted by a Vienna bronze representing a bird perched on a branch. XIXth century work. Dimensions height 22 cm. Unfortunately part of the glass rim is broken. Addition...

Pair of Satsuma earthenware vases from the 1880/1900 period decorated with characters. The dimensions are 16 cm high, 9 cm wide and 9 cm deep. Addit...

Antique Satsuma pot cover from Japan, late 19th century, with bronze frame decorated with elegant women on the edge of a lake. Dimension height 21 cm for a...

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

A beautiful Japanese Satsuma vase, circa early-20th century, late 1930s-1940s, Japan. Colors include red, black, gold, yellow, white, burgundy, green, and flesh tones. Dimensions: 5"...

A fine pair of Japanese Satsuma vases raised on gilt-bronze bases. Each vase with an elongated trumpet shaped neck and tapering cylindrical b...

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...