Satsuma

Pair of reticulated vases Meiji Period 1868-1912

Finely reticulated pair of satsuma vases standing at 13cm tall.

Yabu Meizan Vases Meiji Period 1868-1912

Pair of moon shaped vases by Yabu Meizan, 16.5cm tall. Gilt signature to base of each vase. Decorated with boys playing on one side and the reverse decorated with extremely fine landscape.

Kinkozan covered jar Meiji Period 1868-1912

Extremely finely decorated Kiinkozan (Kinkouzan) covered pot, underglaze blue and gilt border decoration with three finely decorated panels, signed with impressed mark. 9cm tall

Meizan Satsuma vase Meiji Period 1868-1912

Satsuma vase signed Meizan. very fine gilding and bright enamels.

Kinkozan vase Meiji Period 1868-1912

Very fine Kinkozan (Kinkouzan) vase, featuring two panels, one with chickens and cockerels and the other a landscape. 12.5cm tall

Makuzu Kozan large phoenix centrepiece bowl

Makuzu Kozan large phoenix centrepiece bowl - Meiji Period

Seikozan vase Meiji Period 1868-1912

Fine Seikozan (Seikouzan) vase Meiji Period

Kinkouzan Bijin Satsuma Figure

Kinkouzan was the son of the sixth Sobei and inherited the family headship in 1884. He worked to expand the market for overseas exports that his father had promoted, added improvements to the Kyo-Satsuma techniques that his father had created, and was also successful in gold and silver glazing. He exhibited his Kyo-Satsuma ware at the World’s Chicago Columbian Exposition in 1893 and his art nouveau-style works at the fifth National Industrial Fair in 1903.

Kinkouzan Satsuma Vase with impressed mark

Kinkouzan was the son of the sixth Sobei and inherited the family headship in 1884. He worked to expand the market for overseas exports that his father had promoted, added improvements to the Kyo-Satsuma techniques that his father had created, and was also successful in gold and silver glazing.

He exhibited his Kyo-Satsuma ware at the World’s Chicago Columbian Exposition in 1893 and his art nouveau-style works at the fifth National Industrial Fair in 1903.