Catalogued by Bonhams as: “A Satsuma foliate-rimmed bowl By Yabu Meizan, Meiji Period”. Offered at Bonhams, London, New Bond Street, on 2014-05-15 (sale 21861, lot 436). It realised GBP 8,125 including buyer’s premium.
Catalogue description (as published): SATSUMA A private collection (Lots 412-453) A Satsuma foliate-rimmed bowl By Yabu Meizan, Meiji Period Finely decorated in enamels and gilt, the interior with a large square panel enclosing an extensive view of a lake, a fisherman casting his net and an oarsman walking towards a thatched hut beneath a pine tree in the foreground, with mountains rising in the distance, reserved on a dense millefleurs ground, the exterior with sparrows in flight amidst branches of trailing white and purple wisteria, signed on a gilt seal Yabu Meizan . 15.7cm (6 1/8in) diam.