Catalogued by Bonhams as: “Yabu Meizan (1853-1934) A fine miniature Satsuma jar and coverMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century”. Offered at Bonhams, New York, on 2017-03-15 (sale 23784, lot 6242). It realised USD 15,000 including buyer’s premium.
Catalogue description (as published): Yabu Meizan (1853-1934) A fine miniature Satsuma jar and cover Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Of square section with slightly tapering sides meticulously painted in colored enamels and gilt on a clear crackled glaze with four panels variously depicting a daimyo procession, mandarin ducks in a snowy landscape, a distant view of a fishing village along a waterway or sparrows perched on a bamboo trellis supporting flowering peonies, all within patterned border bands and below alternating panels of cherry or millefleur on the low rounded shoulder, the short cylindrical neck ringed by a geometric band repeated on the fitted cover with a knob finial and decorated en suite , signed on the underside Yabu Meizan in a gilt cartouche 4 1/4in (10.8cm) high