Catalogued by Bonhams as: “A Satsuma vessel for a single flower vase By Yabu Meizan, Meiji era (1868-1912)”. Offered at Bonhams, London, New Bond Street, on 2016-05-12 (sale 23269, lot 453). It realised GBP 6,500 including buyer’s premium.
Catalogue description (as published): A Satsuma vessel for a single flower vase By Yabu Meizan, Meiji era (1868-1912) The exaggerated ovoid body finely decorated in enamels and gilt and set on three scalloped feet, the sloping shoulder decorated with branches of blossoming maple leaves above a central wide band enclosing a continuous scene of Miho no Matsubara (Miho Pine Grove) with sailing boats in the foreground and snow-decked Mount Fuji looming in the distance, the foot with blooming stalks of clematis; signed on the base with gilt seal Yabu Meizan . 12cm (4¾in) high.