Japanese Satsuma Vases w/Nobles
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Pre 1920 item# 56747 (stock# 1206)
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Fujiya Antiques
336-736-3780
$2800
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Japanese Satsuma Garlic-bulb Vases. This finely painted pair of Satsuma earthenware vases depicts four different nobles in rich, gold embossed robes backed by Chinese-style rock outcrops. The quality of painting of the figures is of the highest caliber, more characteristic of scroll paintings than ceramics. The subjects have an almost middle-Eastern appearance as if these pieces were made for that market rather than the west. I also suspect they were presentation pieces given the quality and ...click for details
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