Vaso Monumentale in Porcellana Tipo Satsuma, Cina 1990 ca.

Baluster porcelain vase with Fô dog shape lid, decorated in polychrome enamels with flowers and butterflies and within polylobed cartouches with scenes of court...

Large baluster porcelain vase decorated with polychrome glazes in horizontal bands with scenes of courtly life interspersed with geometric bands and lozenges. Lingzhi mushroom-shaped...

Porcelain vase painted in wucai glazes within reserves with decoration of chrysanthemum plants and peonies on a dense background with fish scale pattern painted in red. Oggetto in bu...

Sèvres porcelain urn vase in cobalt blue with gilded phytomorphic decorations and polychrome medallions, in one depicting a lake landscape, while in the other a bucolic scene; in the latter, he signs “Cottiret”. The polylobed base, the handles with female heads and the pine cone of the lid are in gilded bronze. Under the lid there is written “Offert par le duc de Choiseul...

Longquan vase with baluster shape and celadon-colored background, finely engraved in bands, in the upper part with plane tree leaves motifs, side grips in the shape of stylized cloud...

Pair of Sèvres porcelain vases with amorous scenes painted in polychrome inside reserves and signed by Granet. On a cobalt blue background the rich gold decorations with leafy scroll...

Two porcelain hexagonal Satsuma vases painted in polychrome enamels and gold. The paunch is decorated with intricate Japanese characters in a landscape, the neck and the shoulder wit...

1900 Japanese Satsuma porcelain huge vase with Samurai scenes.

Satsuma ware has been produced since the 1600's and has a very distinct elaborately decorated body often with geometric enamel works throughout. Some of the most elaborate pieces mad...

A good quality 19th Century Japanese Satsuma vase, having imperial influences with a dark blue ground, blossom tree decoration to the flared neck, circul...

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

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...