Large Japanese Satsuma Vase with Lacquered Dragon Decoration

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

A large and unusual Aesthetic Movement porcelain vase with hand-painted floral and bird decorations. Stock number: PP31.

A fine large pair of tall aesthetic painted opaline vases with bird and floral decorations. Stock number: DA75.

Exceptional and large Satsuma vase with cover with foo dog finial, finely enameled and gilt. Drilled apparently for use previously as table lamp. Firing crack to the lid, otherwise...

Tall pair of cobalt blue porcelain and bronze vases with floral decorations with butterfly motif and incised enamel work.

Pair of very fine quality early Meiji period Japanese Satsuma vases.

A ceramic vase in tapered square form made by Japanese studio Seikozan circa 1890-1910s (late Meiji Period). One of the many artist studios that specialized in satsuma ware, Seikozan...

A mid-20th century Japanese Satsuma vase with figures. Satsuma ware is a style of Japanese earthenware originally from the Satsuma region of what is today southern Kyushu. There are two distinct categories of this ware: The original plain dark clay early Satsuma...

A large Japanese ceramic vase from the end of Meiji period circa 1890-1910s by Kinkozan (1645-1927). One of the largest studio manufacturers of the export ceramics at the time based in Kyoto. In the typical style of satsuma made at the turn of 20th century, the vase is elaborately decorated with a rather unusual kinran-de (gold paint) and green enamel highlight on a mottled brown background. The painterly decoration depicts a large seasonal floral arrangement in a circular fashion. Besides the obviously superb craftsmanship, what sets this particular vase apart from many lower quality and mass-produced pieces is its tone-on-tone color pallet that is visually somber and the small and sensitive details that heralds the change of the seasons. When the viewer goes beyond the first casual glimpse of the blossom and foliage, one would notice that on the edges of certain leaves as well as along the stalks, there accumulates a very thin layer of the white dust that represents the frost. The flower in bloom are chrysanthemums. Despite of being splendid, they are the messengers of the autumn. The large lotus leaf was subtly rendered in a bended and slightly withered manner, just past its prime. Although the lotus is still in bloom, the prominent seed pod indicates it may be the last for the season. The sentimental capture of the change of the seasons is not unusual in Japanese art. This vase poetically represents such a subtle transition from summer to fall, perhaps depicting the very first frost. The neck of the vase is also slightly unusual with two rolled rings...

Fabulous Japanese earthenware Satsuma vase with nice decoration of flowers and figures decoration marked. Meiji period, 19th c Lovely piece. Additional information: Material: Porce...

Quality large antique Japanese satsuma lidded vase, having a fantastic large antique satsuma vase decorated with flowers, trees and insects with gilt de...

Large antique Japanese quality Satsuma lidded vase having a quality antique Japanese satsuma lidded vase with a dog sitting on the original lid above a ...