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A Satsuma Vase
SIGNED YABU MEIZAN, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Satsuma Vase
Signed Yabu Meizan, Meiji period (late 19th century)
Decorated in various coloured enamels and gilt on a crackled cream ground with peonies and a butterfly on pale blue ground
9.1cm. high
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Lot Essay
For another vase with similar background in the Haas Collection, see Louis Lawrence, SATSUMA Masterpieces from the world's important collections, (London, 1991), p. 85, pl. 38.
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