A fine Japanese Satsuma vase and a censer, Meiji period

拍品描述

The vase of tapering cylindrical form, signed Shozan Seiko, finely painted around the exterior to depict colourful ducks nestling amongst foliage and blossoms on the banks of a river, the shoulder with a dense ground of clustered peonies profusely decorated with gilt, the base with a four-character mark within a gilt-painted cartouche, together with a tripod censer decorated with shaped panels enclosing foliate sprays below petal lappets, the domed cover pierced with flowerheads and scrolling motifs, the base signed, possibly Koyama, with blue-painted Shimazu mon and a red seal mark Size:(13.5 - 29cm high) Qty: (3) Provenance: Private collection, UK, thence by descent

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