Catalogued by Bonhams as: “A fine Satsuma vase By Yabu Meizan, Meiji era (late 19th century)”. Offered at Bonhams, New York, on 2015-03-18 (sale 22380, lot 3133). It realised USD 10,000 including buyer’s premium.
Catalogue description (as published): A fine Satsuma vase By Yabu Meizan, Meiji era (late 19th century) The small baluster vase decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear crackled glaze with a central panel painted with a continuous design of Lake Biwa, banded with a scene of children in various activities associated with the New Year’s celebration and below by diagonal swathes of tightly painted flower heads alternating with butterflies, the shoulder decorated with a floral collar and the foot rim with floral lozenges on a black ground; signed on the underside in gilt Yabu Meizan 4 1/4in (10.8cm) high