Catalogued by Bonhams as: “A small Satsuma vase By Yabu Meizan, Meiji period (late 19th century)”. Offered at Bonhams, New York, on 2014-09-16 (sale 21786, lot 2260). It realised USD 22,500 including buyer’s premium.
Catalogue description (as published): A small Satsuma vase By Yabu Meizan, Meiji period (late 19th century) The bottle designed with a waisted neck and ovoid body and painted in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear crackle glaze with a panoramic view of a lake at sunset with fishermen and travelers by rocky outcroppings with thatched huts, the neck decorated with formal panels of trailing wisteria, the rim painted with chrysanthemum heads, the foot with a geometric floral band, signed in gilt Yabu Meizan 5 1/4in (13.6cm) high