JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

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SOZAN FOR THE KINKOZAN WORKSHOP (CIRCA 1900)
A fine Satsuma vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900
The faceted vase tapering to the foot, decorated in polychrome
enamels and gilt over a crackled glaze with scenes of the Gion festival,
a samurai procession, a mountainous landscape, and birds and
flowers, each scene signed Sozan in red enamel in an oval reserve, the
edges and shoulders painted wit scrolling vines and dragon roundels,
and key-fret bands on a cobalt-blue ground, signed on the underside
in gilt Kyoto Kinkozan tsukuru and in red enamel Sozan
4 3/4in (12cm) high
$8,000 - 10,000
136 | BONHAMS