A working catalogue of works from the studio of Yabu Meizan (藪明山, 1853–1934), compiled from museum, auction and published records.
11 items
Beaker vase with an autumn maple branch — Bonhams, 2026This beaker vase has a globular body that finishes in a widely flaring mouth. It is painted with a single trailing branch…
Deep bowl with fishermen and travellers — Bonhams, 2022A deep bowl on a ring foot, with nearly vertical sides, this is a fine example of one of the studio's most…
Deep bowl with views of the countryside (V&A C.252-1910)This deep, slightly flaring bowl from the Yabu Meizan workshop is one of a small group of Meizan wares acquired by the…
Fluted bowl with an autumn maple (Khalili S 128)This bowl shows the sparer manner that Meizan's studio adopted around 1910, when the crowded figure scenes of earlier years gave way…
Miniature ewer with a demitasse cup and saucer — Bonhams, 2026This lot combines two small pieces painted on a clear crackled ground. The first is a miniature ewer of compressed ovoid form,…
Pair of square-section vases with birds and river landscapes — Bonhams, 2026薩摩燒瓶一對This pair of vases is of square section, each rising to a tall, slender, flaring neck. The four sides of each are…
Partial service with maple and flowers — Bonhams, 2016This partial service shows a less familiar side of the studio's output: tableware for drinking sake, tea and coffee, decorated with a…
Rectangular vase with sparrows, wisteria and a festival palanquin — Christie’s, 2017This rectangular vase with a short cylindrical neck is painted on a crackled cream ground with four panels, one on each face.…
Sencha tea service with maple (British Museum 2014,3064.27.a–g)This tea service was made for sencha, the steeped green tea that was fashionable among Japan's literati in the nineteenth century, and…
Vase with a maple tree — Christie’s, 2015This earthenware vase has a compressed, sharply angled body surmounted by a tall, waisted neck that flares to a broad mouth. The…
Vase with hanging maple — Christie’s, 2017This oviform vase, with an everted neck and foot, is painted on a crackled cream ground with branches of coloured maple hanging…No works match these filters.