Small Antique Beautiful Dozan Japanese Satsuma Vase with Hotei Karako

Fabulous and small japanese earthenware Satsuma vase of great shape and scene. Marked: Cannot decipher. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Vase Region of O...

A japanese stsuma earthenware pair of vases of baluster shape, moulded with a scene with ladies playing go and doing calligraphy. There is relief. Unmarked Additional information: ...

Fabulous and small japanese earthenware Satsuma vase of great shape and scene. With nice purple/blue ground and Arhats/Elegant ladies scene. Marked: Additional information: Materia...

Fabulous and small japanese earthenware Wisteria Satsuma vase of great shape and scene. Marked: Yasuda. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Vase Japanese St...

Fabulous and small japanese earthenware Satsuma vase of great shape, scene and enamels. Marked: Chikusai / Bamboo Studio. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type...

Fabulous japanese earthenware Satsuma Vase of great shape and scene. With animal head 'handles' Marked: Satsuma Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Japanese Style...

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...

Fantastic quality pair of small antique Japanese satsuma vases having a quality pair of antique Japanese satsuma vases with wonderful hand painted decoration of figural and landscape...

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...

Quality antique Japanese satsuma shaped vase having a wonderful hand painted decoration of figural and landscape scenes in stunning blue, brown, green, red and gold colours.

A petite and beautiful hand-decorated ceramic baluster vase, painted all around with traditional Japanese motifs, including native flora, birds and bamboo stems on a creamy glazed background. The colour palette is bold and bright, with highlights of green, red and blue, together with plentiful gilt relief...

Antique 20th century Japanese hand painted ceramic pottery vase. Embellished with gold gilt accents and raised enamel figural and tree decorations. Signed.