Catalogued by Bonhams as: “A pair of Satsuma vases By Meizan, Meiji Period”. Offered at Bonhams, London, New Bond Street, on 2010-11-11 (sale 17858, lot 255). It realised GBP 1,080 including buyer’s premium.
Catalogue description (as published): A pair of Satsuma vases By Meizan, Meiji Period Boldly decorated and thickly enamelled and gilt, the body of each vase inset with two lobed panels, one showing the sixteen rakan depicted with their respective attributes and the other with numerous karako and Chinese immortals in and gathered around a large tsuitate , reserved on a geometric motif ground, signed Meizan . 15.5cm (6 1/8in). (2).
Attribution note: Catalogued as ‘Meizan’ (no ‘Yabu’); Satsuma earthenware — attribution as catalogued.
