Ovoid vase with children imitating a daimyō procession (Lawrence 2011, pl. 13)

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Ovoid vase with children imitating a daimyō procession (Lawrence 2011, pl. 13)
Image: From Louis Lawrence, Satsuma: The Romance of Japan (2011), pl. 13, p. 35 · Used with permission of the rights holder · Source

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An ovoid vase on which boys play at being a daimyō’s procession, with a lakeside scene on the reverse. Lawrence compares a related piece with boys enacting a daimyō procession in the Khalili Collection (vol. V, no. 35).

Compare: Khalili Collection vol. V, no. 35 (cited by Lawrence 2011, p. 47 n. 13); not on this site.

Description summarised from Louis Lawrence, Satsuma: The Romance of Japan (2011), pl. 13, pp. 35. Measurements and marks are as published and have not been checked against the object.

Provenance

Anonymous private collection, as stated in the source: Lawrence (2011, p. 259) says all Satsuma pieces in the book are from anonymous private collections in the USA and Europe (exceptions nos. 4, 29, 65 and 141, none of which is this piece).

Literature

Louis Lawrence, Satsuma: The Romance of Japan (2011), pl. 13, p. 35.

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