Pair of Satsuma Kerosene Lamps, Meiji Period, '1868-1912'

Small porcelain vase in Satsuma earthenware. The 4-sided body is decorated in polychrome and gold enamels with geishas in a garden, a mountain landscape, a bird on a flowering branch...

Pair of French antique kerosene lamps. The bronze paunch is decorated with birds on branches and flowers in Chinese style. What makes these lamps stun...

Satsuma earthenware tripod perfume burner with polychrome and gold enamel decoration. The body is decorated on one side with richly dressed figures representing masters instructing t...

A beautiful and rare quadrangular earthenware soliflore vase with polychrome enamel and gold rakan decoration, decorated on the sides with dragons and phoenixes in particularly vivid colors in a frame of flowers and arabesques. Satsuma mark on underside. The workmanship and exceptional quality of this vase distinguish it from the classic Satsuma products destined for the export market during the Meiji era, and found today on the European market. Satsuma earthenware was born in 1598 under the influence of Shimazu Yoshihiro, a great Japanese lord whose intention was to establish a local pottery industry on the Satsuma territory. For over four hundred years, the potters of Satsuma developed original earthenware techniques, making it one of the leading references in Japanese ceramics. This type of ceramics is characterized by the diversity of shapes of vases, bowls, lighting fixtures and various decorative objects, which evolve according to the period and kiln used...

Late 19th century pair of Art Nouveau vases crafted in metal, gilded and intricately modeled as a nymph with long hair floating in the wind. They were mounted in lamps with antique white silk lampshades...

Pair of small restauration candlesticks crafted of gilt bronze featuring a girl standing up on a circular pedestal chiseled with twisted patterns, above a square plinth. She wears a ...

Stunning Pair of large early Meiji period Satsuma heavy gauge earthenware four-sided Japanese Vases, now converted to a Pair of Electric Table Lamps. These beautiful Satsuma-ware vas...

A Cloisonne Dish Meiji period (1868-1912) decorated with a lively Falcon reserved on a light pink ground diameter 11 3/4 inches

A beautiful hand-painted Japanese Imari contoured glazed shell dish with fluted edge to the top half, profusely decorated in geometric floral patterns with a sweeping vine scroll and...

A pair of Meiji period Satsuma earthenware vases, each with applied elephant-mask handles, painted in overglaze pastel enamels and gilt with a continuous central frieze of sages and ...

A beautiful handpainted Japanese Imari oval glazed dish with fluted edges, profusely decorated in vibrant shades or blue, red, orange, green and yellow with gilt overlay, featuring t...

A pair of large Meiji period Satsuma Rouleau vases Japanese, Late 19th Century Height 54.5cm, diameter 24cm These beautiful Satsuma-ware vases were made ...