Catalogued by Bonhams as: “A fine Satsuma bottle vase By Yabu Meizan, Meiji period (late 19th century)”. Offered at Bonhams, New York, on 2014-09-16 (sale 21786, lot 2268). It realised USD 31,250 including buyer’s premium.
Catalogue description (as published): A fine Satsuma bottle vase By Yabu Meizan, Meiji period (late 19th century) Designed with a compressed ovoid body and slender neck terminating in a garlic bulb mouth and decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear crackle glaze with a Daimyo procession above bands of misty pines, the shoulder with an overlapping floral collar punctuated with a geometric band, the neck with trailing wisteria and sparrows, the rim with a shibori dot band, and the foot with a key-fret band, signed Yabu Meizan in gilt 6 1/8in (15.5cm) high