Satsuma Vase with Figures

This exquisitely detailed, double-gourd Japanese Satsuma vase represents the zenith of Japanese earthenware artistry. Elaborately hand-painted, it features detailed floral motifs, wh...

This extraordinary square form Satsuma vase with a circular top is adorned with Buddhist monks and signed on the underside “Great Japan, Satsuma, Hododa.” This represents the highly ...

A lovely Limoges enamel vase featuring a handsome gentleman in richly appointed period costume. Excellent condition. Circa 1900.

Of all the glassworks produced in the late 19th century, cameo glass was the most challenging to perfect. Only a handful of artisans succeeded in mastering this intricate craft, with...

Satsuma bottle-shaped vase embellished with a detailed central scene in which numerous characters bring gifts to the emperor. The upper and lower sections of the vase are adorned wit...

Lovely detailed piece. Marked on base.. Iwa or Gan. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: Japan Period: Meiji Periode (1867-1912) Age: ca 1900 Orig...

the body of this small marvelous vase is painted with a scene of a puppet show vendor with his wood backpack, on top of the backpack there are toys and dolls, he is surrounded with a group of 6 children, and on the background you can see a village. on the other side of the vase there is an amazing painting of flowers and on the sides there are two amazing strong pine trees, the amorphous background is decorated in a "Tortoiseshell" color and design that gives it a real character and which is quite rare to see on satsuma pottery. all the vase is over richly overpainted over the glaze with gold, which gives it its depth and realism. signed Kyoto Kinkozan zo, and sealed Kinkozan zo Kyoto’s Satsuma: The painting technique used in Kyoto’s Satsuma-style ware is said to be the invention of the sixth generation Kinkōzan Sōbei (1824–1884). The Kinkōzan were a famous family of Kyoto Awataguchi potters who made ceramics that were used at Shōren'in, a temple closely tied to the imperial family, and by the shoguns of the Edo government. In fact the shogun is said to have granted them the name Kinkōzan. With the upheavals at the end of the Edo period, however, and the reforms of the subsequent Meiji government, the potters lost their traditional patrons and had to develop new markets. Just at that time, the visit of a certain Westerner is said to have decided them to embark on overseas trade. By 1870, they had perfected Kyō Satsuma...

Antique Japanese Satsuma Vase Decorated Marked Base Japan, 19th Century Lovely detailed piece. Marked on base. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Vase Japa...