Catalogued by Bonhams as: “A shallow Satsuma bowl By Yabu Meizan, Meiji era (late 19th century)”. Offered at Bonhams, New York, on 2015-03-18 (sale 22380, lot 3072). It realised USD 5,625 including buyer’s premium.
Catalogue description (as published): A shallow Satsuma bowl By Yabu Meizan, Meiji era (late 19th century) The sloping interior painted in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear crackle glaze with women and children engaged in various elegant pursuits on a stippled ground below a millefleur rim band repeated as the ground on the exterior ringed by floral, figural and landscape lappets; signed in gilt Yabu Meizan 2 1/4in (5.7cm) high; 6 1/4in (16cm) diameter