Catalogued by Bonhams as: “A large Satsuma bowl By Meizan, Meiji Period”. Offered at Bonhams, London, New Bond Street, on 2013-05-16 (sale 21101, lot 510). It realised GBP 17,500 including buyer’s premium.
Catalogue description (as published): Other properties A large Satsuma bowl By Meizan, Meiji Period Finely painted in enamels and gilt, the interior with a pair of stags drawing the chariot of Seiobo, the Chinese Queen Mother of the West as she makes her way to the Court of Emperor Wudi, she is shown gorgeously dressed accompanied by several female attendants, sages and karako bordered by a band of brocade, the exterior painted with eight roundels enclosing sages and karako alternating with kacho-ga and scholarly implements; signed in an oval reserve Meizan . 6.5cm x 15.6cm (2 5/8in x 6¼in).
Attribution note: Catalogued as ‘Meizan’ (no ‘Yabu’); Satsuma earthenware — attribution as catalogued.