Large And Unusual Satsuma Vase With Samurai

Near pair of late Meji period turquoise ground cloisonne vases with birds and foliage motif. Bright colors with good enameling, cranes, butterflies and sparrow birds surrounded by fl...

Large pink and burgundy cameo glass vase signed Richard. Beautiful Art Nouveau large Cameo made by the Loetz factory glass vase Signed Richard. Beautiful a...

Pair of Chinese ceramic vases with children. Colorful with red ground with greens, yellows , blues and lavender.. Playful and sweet image...

Floral Art Nouveau cameo glass style vase signed Galle. Lavender color art glass vase.

Unusual antique quality Satsuma vase & cover having an unusual satsuma vase with a lift off lid with a gilded dog above a circular shaped vase raised on three legs, two gilded dogs a...

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...

Large antique quality Satsuma vase having a large antique Japanese quality satsuma vase with quality hand painted decoration with scenes of trees, mountains, houses, bridges and scro...

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...