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 2263). It realised USD 68,750 including buyer’s premium.
Catalogue description (as published): A fine Satsuma bottle vase By Yabu Meizan, Meiji period (late 19th century) The ovoid body with an elongated flared neck and painted in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear crackle glaze with a continuous scene of fishermen and boaters in the straits of a small island with fishing nets and a shrine gate, possibly representing Lake Biwa, the distant mountains silhouetted by fine gilt stippling, the shoulder painted with a collar of chrysanthemum heads below a geometric floret band, the neck decorated with a Daimyo procession enacted by children, the foot and rim painted with geometric and floral bands, signed in gilt Yabu Meizan 8in (20.3cm) high