A working catalogue of works from the studio of Yabu Meizan (藪明山, 1853–1934), compiled from museum, auction and published records.
| Image | Object | House | Price (sale currency) | Dimensions | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ![]() | Large presentation vase with four relief panels — Bonhams, 2017Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 205,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 205,500 | 36.7 h (excl. stand) | Lot page | |
| 2 | ![]() | Vase with frogs at play — Bonhams, 2014Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 93,750incl. buyer’s premium | USD 93,750 | 16.5 h | Lot page | |
| 3 | ![]() | Covered jar with children in the snow (Tomkinson jar) — Bonhams, 2014Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 52,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 88,174approx., sale-date rate | 13.5 h | Lot page | |
| 4 | ![]() | Rare bowl, Ruth and Carl Barron Collection — Bonhams, 2014Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 87,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 87,500 | 16.5 cm; 12.7 cm | Lot page | |
| 5 | ![]() | Satsuma vase with hollyhock-leaf chrysanthemum flourishes — Bonhams, 2017, lot 6253Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 75,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 75,000 | 18.3 cm | Lot page | |
| 6 | ![]() | Satsuma bottle vase — Bonhams, 2014, lot 2263Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 68,750incl. buyer’s premium | USD 68,750 | 20.3 cm | Lot page | |
| 7 | ![]() | Satsuma bottle vase — Bonhams, 2014, lot 2270Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 68,750incl. buyer’s premium | USD 68,750 | 18.4 cm | Lot page | |
| 8 | ![]() | Large vase with shell-gatherers at low tide — Bonhams, 2019Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 56,325incl. buyer’s premium | USD 56,325 | 21.2 h | Lot page | |
| 9 | ![]() | Satsuma vase — Bonhams, 2017, lot 6269Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 47,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 47,500 | Lot page | ||
| 10 | ![]() | Satsuma vase and cover with profusion of chrysanthemum heads — Bonhams, 2014, lot 2274Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 47,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 47,500 | 12.1 cm | Lot page | |
| 11 | ![]() | Large Satsuma covered vase — Locati LLC, 2026, lot 27Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Locati | USD 46,000hammer only | USD 46,000 | height 9 1/2 in, diameter 7 1/2 in (inches as catalogued) | Lot page | |
| 12 | ![]() | Satsuma bowl — Bonhams, 2021, lot 204Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 34,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 45,873approx., sale-date rate | 12.5 cm diameter | Lot page | |
| 13 | ![]() | Tall Satsuma conical vase with extensive view of Matsushima Island — Bonhams, 2010, lot 251Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 22,800incl. buyer’s premium | USD 36,836approx., sale-date rate | 32 cm high | Lot page | |
| 14 | ![]() | Tall deep Satsuma bowl — Bonhams, 2017, lot 216Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 27,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 35,409approx., sale-date rate | 15 cm; 15.5 cm | Lot page | |
| 15 | ![]() | Satsuma bottle vase — Bonhams, 2014, lot 2269Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 35,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 35,000 | 17.3 cm | Lot page | |
| 16 | ![]() | Deep Satsuma bowl with profusion of orange — Bonhams, 2018, lot 2196Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 35,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 35,000 | 15.2 / 15.5 cm | Lot page | |
| 17 | ![]() | Satsuma vase — Bonhams, 2010, lot 254Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 20,400incl. buyer’s premium | USD 32,958approx., sale-date rate | 11.5 cm high | Lot page | |
| 18 | ![]() | Large vase with a view of Lake Biwa — Bonhams, 2015Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 31,250incl. buyer’s premium | USD 31,250 | 21.8 h | Lot page | |
| 19 | ![]() | Satsuma bottle vase — Bonhams, 2014, lot 2268Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 31,250incl. buyer’s premium | USD 31,250 | 15.5 cm | Lot page | |
| 20 | ![]() | Satsuma covered vase — Locati LLC, 2026, lot 88Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Locati | USD 31,000hammer only | USD 31,000 | height 5 in, width 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in (inches as catalogued) | Lot page | |
| 21 | ![]() | Satsuma moonflask with sparrows in flight amidst trailing purple and white wisteria — Bonhams, 2013, lot 503Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 20,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 30,616approx., sale-date rate | 12.5 cm high | Lot page | |
| 22 | ![]() | Satsuma rectangular kogo (incense box) and cover with group of figures outdoors enjoying leisurely activities — Bonhams, 2013, lot 500Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 18,750incl. buyer’s premium | USD 28,702approx., sale-date rate | 5.1 cm; 12.7 cm; 9.1 cm | Lot page | |
| 23 | ![]() | Pair of Satsuma vases — Christie’s, 2016, lot 126Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | GBP 22,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 28,249approx., sale-date rate | Lot page | ||
| 24 | ![]() | Large vase with the rice harvest — Bonhams, 2017Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 27,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 27,500 | 24.7 h | Lot page | |
| 25 | ![]() | Bottle vase with boats and cherry blossom — Bonhams, 2014Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 27,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 27,500 | 15.5 h | Lot page | |
| 26 | ![]() | Satsuma vase and cover with profusion of chrysanthemum heads — Bonhams, 2015, lot 3150Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 27,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 27,500 | 12.1 cm | Lot page | |
| 27 | ![]() | Satsuma bowl with two continuous friezes of a procession of samurai — Bonhams, 2020, lot 899Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 26,325incl. buyer’s premium | USD 26,325 | 12.7 cm | Lot page | |
| 28 | ![]() | Satsuma tall beaker vase — Bonhams, 2021, lot 196Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 19,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 25,635approx., sale-date rate | 19.7 cm high | Lot page | |
| 29 | ![]() | Deep bowl with fishermen and travellers — Bonhams, 2022Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 25,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 25,500 | 14.9 h; 15.5 diam | Lot page | |
| 30 | ![]() | Large charger with a white elephant and Chinese children — Bonhams, 2022Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 25,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 25,500 | 36.5 diam | Lot page | |
| 31 | ![]() | Satsuma okimono figure of an Oharame (female brushwood gatherer) — Bonhams, 2020, lot 231Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 18,812.50incl. buyer’s premium | USD 24,498approx., sale-date rate | 22 / 19.5 cm | Lot page | |
| 32 | ![]() | Deep earthenware bowl — Christie’s, 2005, lot 427Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | USD 24,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 24,000 | Lot page | ||
| 33 | ![]() | Two vases with fishing boats and children at crafts — Bonhams, 2025Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 23,040incl. buyer’s premium | USD 23,040 | 12.1 h each | Lot page | |
| 34 | ![]() | Tall vase with boating and a shrine under cherry blossom — Bonhams, 2026Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 23,040incl. buyer’s premium | USD 23,040 | 23.5 h | Lot page | |
| 35 | ![]() | Small Satsuma vase — Bonhams, 2014, lot 2260Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 22,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 22,500 | 13.6 cm | Lot page | |
| 36 | ![]() | Earthenware vase — Christie’s, 2015, lot 77Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | USD 22,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 22,500 | Lot page | ||
| 37 | ![]() | Satsuma vase — Christie’s, 2013, lot 430Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | GBP 13,750incl. buyer’s premium | USD 22,333approx., sale-date rate | Lot page | ||
| 38 | ![]() | Satsuma vase — Lyon & Turnbull, 2023, lot 409Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Lyon & Turnbull | GBP 18,000hammer only | USD 22,271approx., sale-date rate | 17.8 cm | Lot page | |
| 39 | ![]() | Satsuma compressed globular vase — Bonhams, 2021, lot 208Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 16,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 22,262approx., sale-date rate | 11.5 cm; 15 cm | Lot page | |
| 40 | ![]() | Pair of unusual Satsuma vases — Bonhams, 2014, lot 2261Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 21,250incl. buyer’s premium | USD 21,250 | 16.5 cm | Lot page | |
| 41 | ![]() | Pair of vases with fishermen and festival figures — Christie’s, 2016Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | GBP 16,250incl. buyer’s premium | USD 20,402approx., sale-date rate | 13.2 h each | Lot page | |
| 42 | ![]() | Tall vase with boating and a tea-house under cherry blossom — Bonhams, 2022Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 20,400incl. buyer’s premium | USD 20,400 | 24.4 h | Lot page | |
| 43 | ![]() | Square-rimmed vase with a daimyo procession — Bonhams, 2014Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 20,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 20,000 | 16 h | Lot page | |
| 44 | ![]() | Square-mouthed vase with panels of children and landscapes — Bonhams, 2017Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 20,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 20,000 | 15.6 diameter | Lot page | |
| 45 | ![]() | Earthenware incense burner — Christie’s, 2014, lot 560Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | USD 20,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 20,000 | Lot page | ||
| 46 | ![]() | Satsuma slender pear-shape vase — Bonhams, 2020, lot 228Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 15,062.50incl. buyer’s premium | USD 19,614approx., sale-date rate | 26 cm | Lot page | |
| 47 | ![]() | Satsuma dish — Christie’s, 2008, lot 116Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | GBP 10,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 19,417approx., sale-date rate | Lot page | ||
| 48 | ![]() | Large square Satsuma bowl — Bonhams, 2017, lot 218Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 15,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 19,314approx., sale-date rate | 10.6 cm; 17.7 cm | Lot page | |
| 49 | ![]() | Earthenware covered vase — Christie’s, 2005, lot 426Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | USD 19,200incl. buyer’s premium | USD 19,200 | Lot page | ||
| 50 | ![]() | Satsuma vase — Christie’s, 2012, lot 132Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | GBP 11,875incl. buyer’s premium | USD 18,770approx., sale-date rate | Lot page | ||
| 51 | ![]() | Pair of small ovoid vases with weaving scenes — Bonhams, 2018Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 12,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 16,880approx., sale-date rate | 12 h each | Lot page | |
| 52 | ![]() | Duo of small Kyoto-Satsuma vases — Bonhams, 2007, lot 99Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 8,400incl. buyer’s premium | USD 16,399approx., sale-date rate | 9 cm | Lot page | |
| 53 | ![]() | Bowl with a cherry-blossom viewing scene — Christie’s, 2025Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | USD 16,380incl. buyer’s premium | USD 16,380 | 13.3 diam; 7.6 h | Lot page | |
| 54 | ![]() | Pair of dishes with a koto player and a feast — Bonhams, 2021Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 12,112.50incl. buyer’s premium | USD 16,342approx., sale-date rate | 15 diam each | Lot page | |
| 55 | ![]() | Vase with textile production and a thrush in wisteria — Bonhams, 2020Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 16,325incl. buyer’s premium | USD 16,325 | 21.2 h | Lot page | |
| 56 | ![]() | Satsuma vase — Bonhams, 2020, lot 1053Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 16,325incl. buyer’s premium | USD 16,325 | 15.2 cm | Lot page | |
| 57 | ![]() | Small Satsuma vase with simple refined decoration of a flock of sparrows — Bonhams, 2014, lot 2272Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 16,250incl. buyer’s premium | USD 16,250 | 13.1 cm | Lot page | |
| 58 | ![]() | Small spherical Satsuma cha-ire (tea caddy) and cover with millefleur and a border of cherry blossoms — Bonhams, 2015, lot 3136Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 16,250incl. buyer’s premium | USD 16,250 | 7 cm | Lot page | |
| 59 | ![]() | Satsuma dish with chrysanthemum heads and scrolling vines — Bonhams, 2017, lot 1288Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 16,250incl. buyer’s premium | USD 16,250 | 18 cm | Lot page | |
| 60 | ![]() | Small vase with craftsmen at work — Christie’s, 2022Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | USD 15,120incl. buyer’s premium | USD 15,120 | 11.5 h | Lot page | |
| 61 | ![]() | Satsuma bottle vase — Bonhams, 2017, lot 1289Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 15,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 15,000 | 18.5 cm | Lot page | |
| 62 | ![]() | Miniature Satsuma jar and cover — Bonhams, 2017, lot 6242Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 15,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 15,000 | 10.8 cm | Lot page | |
| 63 | ![]() | Satsuma small gilt handled vase — Bonhams, 2022, lot 203Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 12,112.50incl. buyer’s premium | USD 14,811approx., sale-date rate | 14.6 cm high | Lot page | |
| 64 | ![]() | Satsuma vase with chrysanthemum heads — Bonhams, 2017, lot 6267Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 13,750incl. buyer’s premium | USD 13,750 | 16.8 cm | Lot page | |
| 65 | ![]() | Pair of miniature vases with craftspeople at work including swordsmiths and armor makers — Bonhams, 2018, lot 2195Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 13,750incl. buyer’s premium | USD 13,750 | 8.9 cm | Lot page | |
| 66 | ![]() | Satsuma bottle vase — Bonhams, 2018, lot 2198Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 13,750incl. buyer’s premium | USD 13,750 | 16 cm | Lot page | |
| 67 | ![]() | Satsuma foliate-rimmed bowl — Bonhams, 2014, lot 436Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 8,125incl. buyer’s premium | USD 13,646approx., sale-date rate | 15.7 cm diam | Lot page | |
| 68 | ![]() | Satsuma-style vase — Christie’s, 2003, lot 140Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | GBP 7,767incl. buyer’s premium | USD 13,028approx., sale-date rate | Lot page | ||
| 69 | ![]() | Satsuma baluster vase with rural scene showing fishermen among thatched buildings — Bonhams, 2010, lot 266Yabu Meizan (as catalogued)Also sold: Bonhams, 2021-11-04: GBP 8,287.50 | Bonhams | GBP 7,800incl. buyer’s premium | USD 12,602approx., sale-date rate | 18.5 cm high | Lot page | |
| 70 | ![]() | Satsuma incense burner — Bonhams, 2020, lot 897Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 12,575incl. buyer’s premium | USD 12,575 | 10.7 cm | Lot page | |
| 71 | ![]() | Satsuma tea caddy and cover with children in various activities — Bonhams, 2014, lot 2262Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 12,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 12,500 | 10.4 cm | Lot page | |
| 72 | ![]() | Satsuma vase — Bonhams, 2015, lot 3118Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 12,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 12,500 | 14 cm | Lot page | |
| 73 | ![]() | Miniature Satsuma vase — Bonhams, 2017, lot 6241Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 12,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 12,500 | 11.2 cm | Lot page | |
| 74 | ![]() | Pair of Satsuma vases with a landscape of Mount Fuji — Hutchinson Scott Limited, 2024, lot 592Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Hutchinson Scott | GBP 10,000hammer only | USD 12,450approx., sale-date rate | 17.5 cm | Lot page | |
| 75 | ![]() | Miniature blue-ground vase with children and a seascape — Bonhams, 2026Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 12,160incl. buyer’s premium | USD 12,160 | 10.8 h | Lot page | |
| 76 | ![]() | Satsuma bowl with profusion of chrysanthemums on the exterior — Bonhams, 2019, lot 337Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 11,950incl. buyer’s premium | USD 11,950 | 10.8 cm | Lot page | |
| 77 | ![]() | Globular Satsuma vase — Christie’s, 2004, lot 820Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | USD 11,950incl. buyer’s premium | USD 11,950 | Lot page | ||
| 78 | ![]() | Vase with a maple tree — Christie’s, 2015Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | USD 11,875incl. buyer’s premium | USD 11,875 | 16.5 h | Lot page | |
| 79 | ![]() | Shallow Satsuma bowl — Bonhams, 2018, lot 2197Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 11,875incl. buyer’s premium | USD 11,875 | 15.5 cm | Lot page | |
| 80 | ![]() | Satsuma beaker with numerous children imitating a daimyo procession — Bonhams, 2014, lot 467Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 6,875incl. buyer’s premium | USD 11,547approx., sale-date rate | 9 cm high | Lot page | |
| 81 | ![]() | Miniature Satsuma slender baluster vase — Bonhams, 2014, lot 434Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 6,875incl. buyer’s premium | USD 11,547approx., sale-date rate | 11.5 cm high | Lot page | |
| 82 | ![]() | Rectangular vase with sparrows, wisteria and a festival palanquin — Christie’s, 2017Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | GBP 8,750incl. buyer’s premium | USD 11,284approx., sale-date rate | 18 h | Lot page | |
| 83 | ![]() | Satsuma vase — Christie’s, 2012, lot 9Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Christie's | GBP 6,875incl. buyer’s premium | USD 10,944approx., sale-date rate | Lot page | ||
| 84 | ![]() | Satsuma miniature slender vase — Bonhams, 2022, lot 169Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 8,925incl. buyer’s premium | USD 10,913approx., sale-date rate | 10.2 cm high | Lot page | |
| 85 | ![]() | Satsuma squat circular vessel and cover — Bonhams, 2019, lot 139Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 8,187.50incl. buyer’s premium | USD 10,498approx., sale-date rate | 6.3 cm high | Lot page | |
| 86 | ![]() | Satsuma vase with a group of travelers — Bonhams, 2021, lot 655Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 10,200incl. buyer’s premium | USD 10,200 | 15.2 cm | Lot page | |
| 87 | ![]() | Covered vase with three friezes — Bonhams, 2020Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 10,075incl. buyer’s premium | USD 10,075 | 12.7 h | Lot page | |
| 88 | ![]() | Miniature Satsuma vase — Bonhams, 2014, lot 2265Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 10,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 10,000 | 9.5 cm | Lot page | |
| 89 | ![]() | Satsuma vase with Lake Biwa — Bonhams, 2015, lot 3133Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 10,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 10,000 | 10.8 cm | Lot page | |
| 90 | ![]() | Small faceted Satsuma vase — Bonhams, 2015, lot 3134Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 10,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 10,000 | 9.9 cm | Lot page | |
| 91 | ![]() | Miniature Kyoto-Satsuma vase with three Nihonzaru [Japanese Macaque Monkeys] beside hanging wisteria — Bonhams, 2007, lot 95Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 5,040incl. buyer’s premium | USD 9,840approx., sale-date rate | 11 cm | Lot page | |
| 92 | ![]() | Ovoid vase with a puppeteer and children — Bonhams, 2019Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 7,562.50incl. buyer’s premium | USD 9,697approx., sale-date rate | 15.2 h | Lot page | |
| 93 | ![]() | Brush pot with a bridal procession — Bonhams, 2019Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 7,562.50incl. buyer’s premium | USD 9,697approx., sale-date rate | 12.6 h | Lot page | |
| 94 | ![]() | Satsuma koro and cover — Bonhams, 2010, lot 253Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 6,000incl. buyer’s premium | USD 9,694approx., sale-date rate | 10.1 cm high | Lot page | |
| 95 | ![]() | Satsuma dish with floral lozenges — Bonhams, 2021, lot 1098Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 9,562.50incl. buyer’s premium | USD 9,562 | 20.3 cm | Lot page | |
| 96 | ![]() | Pair of square-section vases with birds and river landscapes — Bonhams, 2026Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 7,040incl. buyer’s premium | USD 9,522approx., sale-date rate | 14.6 h each | Lot page | |
| 97 | ![]() | Satsuma box and cover with beauties and children — Bonhams, 2019, lot 336Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 9,450incl. buyer’s premium | USD 9,450 | 9.2 cm | Lot page | |
| 98 | ![]() | Satsuma vessel for a single flower vase with branches of blossoming maple leaves — Bonhams, 2016, lot 453Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 6,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 9,427approx., sale-date rate | 12 cm high | Lot page | |
| 99 | ![]() | Miniature Satsuma vase — Bonhams, 2015, lot 3135Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | USD 9,375incl. buyer’s premium | USD 9,375 | 8.9 cm | Lot page | |
| 100 | ![]() | Satsuma koro (incense burner) and cover — Bonhams, 2016, lot 193Yabu Meizan (as catalogued) | Bonhams | GBP 7,500incl. buyer’s premium | USD 9,364approx., sale-date rate | 8.5 cm high | Lot page |
Ranked on the US-dollar value at the sale-date reference rate (Bank of England for sterling; European Central Bank for euro, Australian and Canadian dollars). Prices are shown as each house published them: most include the buyer’s premium, some are hammer prices only, and the two are not directly comparable. Unsold lots and estimates are never included. Where an object has sold more than once it is ranked on its highest sale, and the other sales are listed beneath it. Photographs: © the auction house named, reproduced as small credited thumbnails linked to the lot.
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Barbed dish with a lakeside scene, early hand-painted (Lawrence 2011, pl. 44)A barbed dish with a lakeside view seen past a foreground of dishevelled mooring posts, peonies and an oversized kingfisher in a…
Barrel-shaped vase with children at play — Bonhams, 2026This barrel-shaped vase, cylindrical and tapering to rim and foot, is painted with a central frieze of children playing games. In a…
Basin with a festival-float panel, St Louis 1904花鳥模様鉢(1904年セントルイス万博出品)Photographed for the official Japanese fine-art catalogue of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, where it was listed as “Basin, of Flowers and…
Basin with crowded figures, St Louis 1904鉢(1904年セントルイス万博出品)Listed in the 1904 St Louis catalogue simply as “Basin, Pottery. By Yabu (Meizan), Osaka.” The photograph shows a deep basin with…
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…
Bottle vase with boats and cherry blossom — Bonhams, 2014This bottle vase has a slender neck ending in a garlic-bulb mouth. It is painted with a continuous scene of boats of…
Bowl with a cherry-blossom viewing scene — Christie’s, 2025This bowl is decorated with a scene of hanami, cherry-blossom viewing. The spring pastime was a favourite subject of the studio, allowing…
Bowl with a festival procession and a Mount Fuji float (Khalili S 30)A deep bowl of about 1910, this is among the most animated of Meizan's procession pieces. Around the exterior winds a yatai…
Bowl with a festival procession, Japan-British Exhibition 1910 (no.146)祭礼行列図鉢(1910年日英博覧会出品 No.146)Catalogue no.146 at the Japan-British Exhibition, London, 1910: “Bowl with Design of a Festival Procession (Porcelain), Yabu Meizan.” The plate shows a…
Bowl with a Multitude of Women (Walters Art Museum 49.2280)Henry Walters bought this six-lobed foliate bowl at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis in 1904, one of the international fairs…
Bowl with a sankin-kōtai procession — Leonard Joel, 2026Leonard Joel catalogued this fine-quality bowl, signed Yabu Meizan, as decorated with a sankin-kōtai procession. Under that system of alternate attendance, feudal…
Bowl with birds and butterflies among peonies (Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park)色絵花鳥文碗This small bowl, painted with birds and butterflies among peonies, is part of the Tetsuro Tanabe Collection at the Museum of Contemporary…
Bowl with butterflies in the interior (Allen Memorial Art Museum 1904.330)The Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College records this bowl as a work from the studio of Yabu Meizan, dating it…
Bowl with hobbyists at play and boats among irises (Lawrence 2011, pl. 153)A bowl with people at their pastimes below a broad band of flower heads, the exterior with boats on a lake above…
Bowl with peonies and wisteria (Khalili S 160)This bowl of 1900–1910 abandons figures altogether in favour of a profusion of flowers. The exterior is crowded with peonies in orange,…
Brush pot with a bridal procession — Bonhams, 2019This cylindrical brush pot carries a continuous, winding koshi-ire, a bridal procession. In the foreground a high-ranking lady is carried in a…
Bulbous vase on a flared foot with boys at play, a copper-plate piece (Lawrence 2011, pl. 24)A small vase of exaggerated bulbous form on a flared foot, with boys at play. Lawrence dates it to around 1910 and…
Circular box and cover with Boys’ Day celebrations (Lawrence 2011, pl. 15)A flat circular box of the kind Lawrence identifies as a kōgō (incense box), painted outside with Boys’ Day (Tango no Sekku)…
Conical tea bowl with a warlord’s council — Bonhams, 2022This conical tea bowl, 6.5 centimetres high and twelve centimetres across, places its principal scene inside. A circular panel in the well…
Covered jar with children in the snow (Tomkinson jar) — Bonhams, 2014薩摩 金彩色絵唐子雪遊図花瓶This small ovoid jar and cover carries a continuous snow scene of karako (Chinese boys) at play along a snow-covered lakeshore, with…
Covered jar with ladies boating on a lotus pond — Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr, 2025This globular jar has a narrow vertical mouth and a tall lid crowned by a shishi, the mythical lion-dog, boldly decorated in…
Covered vase with three friezes — Bonhams, 2020This small ovoid vase and cover is painted in three continuous friezes divided by geometric or floral bands. The first shows autumn…
Deep bowl with a fishing-village frieze — Bonhams, 2023This deep bowl has straight sides that taper to a low ring foot and flare slightly at the mouth. Its exterior carries…
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…
Deep dish with a giant elephant and karako — Christie’s, 1979A large deep dish whose central panel shows a giant elephant with numerous karako (Chinese children) around its feet and swarming over…
Flower pot with flower and bird, Japan-British Exhibition 1910 (no.147)花鳥図植木鉢(1910年日英博覧会出品 No.147)Catalogue no.147 at the Japan-British Exhibition, London, 1910: “Flower Pot with Design of Flower and Bird (Porcelain), Yabu Meizan.” A tall cylindrical…
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…
Gourd-shaped vase with monkeys playing in wisteria (Lawrence 2011, pl. 124)A gourd-shaped vase whose whole surface is given to monkeys frolicking in wisteria. Lawrence notes that monkeys are not usually found on…
Hexagonal tea caddy and cover with fan panels (Lawrence 2011, pl. 49)A six-sided tea caddy and cover with fan-shaped panels of cherry, flowers, maple, a lakeside scene and pastimes. Among them are mice…
Incense case with chrysanthemums, Japan-British Exhibition 1910 (no.158)菊模様香合(1910年日英博覧会出品 No.158)Catalogue no.158, London 1910: “Incense Case with Chrysanthemum Pattern (Earthenware), Yabu Meizan.” A shallow round kōgō shown with its cover removed: a…
Jar and cover with a Boys’ Day festival, signed within the scene (Lawrence 2011, pl. 17)An ovoid jar and cover with horizontal bands of landscape, flower heads and boys on their festival day. The festival banners, usually…
Large charger with a white elephant and Chinese children — Bonhams, 2022This deep charger takes up one of the studio's showpiece designs of the 1880s and 1890s. An enormous elephant, painted in thickly…
Large charger with children clambering over a white elephant (Lawrence 2011, pl. 116)A very large charger with a white elephant surrounded by children, some making mochi with the elephant's help. Lawrence counts “more than…
Large plate with a caparisoned white elephant and karako (Khalili S 4)One of the studio's grandest early designs, this large plate measures more than 37 centimetres across. It is dominated by an enormous…
Large presentation vase with four relief panels — Bonhams, 2017Described by Bonhams as a presentation vase of exceptional importance, this square-sided vase holds the highest price in this archive. Each face…
Large rectangular vase with four pictorial panels (Khalili S 148)At 37 centimetres, this rectangular vase of about 1890 is one of the largest and most ambitious early works recorded from the…
Large vase with a view of Lake Biwa — Bonhams, 2015This vase is painted on a clear crackled glaze with a continuous view of Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake and a classic…
Large vase with Mount Fuji, wisteria and peacocks (Osaka Museum of History)富士・藤・孔雀図大花瓶The Osaka Museum of History holds the principal Japanese research collection of Meizan's work, and this large vase is among its most…
Large vase with shell-gatherers at low tide — Bonhams, 2019This elongated ovoid vase tapers to the foot and finishes in a square, slightly everted mouth. Around the body villagers gather shells…
Large vase with the rice harvest — Bonhams, 2017This large baluster vase follows villagers through the stages of the rice harvest, with boats and barges on a lake beyond and…
Miniature blue-ground vase with children and a seascape — Bonhams, 2026This miniature vase of flattened meiping form is distinguished by an unusual robin's-egg blue ground on its shoulder, over which trail vines…
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,…
Miniature vase with artisans at work — Bonhams, 2014This miniature vase of bulbous form with a long neck is decorated on a clear crackled glaze with a band of finely…
Miniature vase with panels on a millefleurs ground — Bonhams, 2026Under nine centimetres high, this miniature vase shows the studio's ability to organise several subjects on a tiny surface. Oval panels set…
Miniature vase with wisteria on a pierced foot (V&A C.231-1910)Only a little over six centimetres high, this miniature vase shows how far the Meizan studio could refine a simple idea. Its…
Ovoid vase with a puppeteer and children — Bonhams, 2019This ovoid vase is painted with a continuous outdoor scene of a puppeteer at work beneath flowering cherry branches. He deftly manipulates…
Ovoid vase with children imitating a daimyō procession (Lawrence 2011, pl. 13)An ovoid vase on which boys play at being a daimyō's procession, with a lakeside scene on the reverse. Lawrence compares a…
Ovoid vase with landscape scenes (V&A C.225-1910)A compact ovoid bottle with a short upright mouth, this vase pairs two modes of Meizan's decoration. The body is given over…
Ovoid vase with rhododendron (Khalili S 47)Dated by the Khalili Collection to 1910–1915, this vase belongs to the last phase of Meizan's career. In these years the studio…
Pair of dishes with a koto player and a feast — Bonhams, 2021This pair of small dishes, each fifteen centimetres across, offers two contrasting domestic scenes. On one, a girl plays the koto while…
Pair of small ovoid vases with weaving scenes — Bonhams, 2018This complementary pair of small, elongated ovoid vases is divided into three horizontal registers. The upper band follows women and children through…
Pair of small vases with ladies and children — Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr, 2025This pair of tall ovoid vases, each only twelve centimetres high, has a short out-turned mouth, and parts of each are worked…
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…
Pair of vases with fishermen and festival figures — Christie’s, 2016This pair of oviform vases, each with an everted neck and foot, is painted on a crackled cream ground in a scheme…
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…
Partially enamelled vase with a nobleman’s ox-cart — Bonhams, 2017This small ovoid vase was described by Bonhams as unusual, because its figure decoration is only partially enamelled. The cream body is…
Plate with a festival day at an Inari shrine (Lawrence 2011, pl. 104)A plate showing a festival day at an Inari shrine, with a red torii bearing a plaque inscribed ‘Great Bright God’, statues…
Plate with textile vendors selling their wares (Lawrence 2011, pl. 106)A plate with textile vendors displaying their cloth. Lawrence points out the god Ebisu, god of honest dealing, on an altar behind…
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.…
Scroll-shaped tray with a procession (Lawrence 2011, pl. 9)A shaped tray modelled as a half-unrolled handscroll, with the cord and tassel that would have tied it and a roller suggesting…
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…
Slender vase with boys flying kites, an early freehand piece (Lawrence 2011, pl. 23)A slender vase with boys flying kites. Lawrence dates it to the late 1880s and describes it as painted entirely freehand, with…
Small globular vase with women weaving — Bonhams, 2017This small, squat globular vase carries a continuous scene of women at work in the weaving industry. They hang thread to dry,…
Small lidded box with a daimyo procession (British Museum 1981,0808.36)This small lidded box, less than eight centimetres long, compresses one of Meizan's favourite subjects into a palm-sized object. The outside shows…
Small vase with a daimyo procession — Bonhams, 2013薩摩 金彩色絵大名行列図小花瓶A small vase only twelve centimetres high, this piece carries one of Meizan's most celebrated subjects: the daimyō procession. Around the body…
Small vase with boats in a rural landscape — Christie’s, 2023This small vase has a globular body on a short circular foot and a thin neck that opens to a flared mouth.…
Small vase with craftsmen at work — Christie’s, 2022This small vase, 11.5 centimetres high, shows craftsmen at work. The subject belongs to the shokunin zukushi, or 'pictures of all the…
Small vase with trailing wisteria — Bonhams, 2025This small elongated ovoid vase is dated by Bonhams to about 1910. It is painted with a single motif in profusion: trailing…
Square dish with canted corners, boys and a white elephant (Lawrence 2011, pl. 115)A square dish with canted corners, enamelled with a crowd of boys clambering over a white elephant. Lawrence admires how the animal's…
Square-mouthed vase with panels of children and landscapes — Bonhams, 2017This vase has an exaggerated ovoid body with a square mouth and four shaped panels: children at play, a landscape, and a…
Square-rimmed vase with a daimyo procession — Bonhams, 2014This ovoid vase has a square rim and is painted over a clear crackled glaze with a daimyō procession. The retinue is…
Tall bowl with a daimyo procession — Christie’s, 2025This tall bowl, just under ten centimetres high, carries a daimyō procession around its exterior. The formal journey of a feudal lord…
Tall vase with boating and a shrine under cherry blossom — Bonhams, 2026This tall cylindrical vase, tapering slightly to a splayed foot, is painted on a clear crackled ground with figures boating and visiting…
Tall vase with boating and a tea-house under cherry blossom — Bonhams, 2022This tall cylindrical vase, tapering gently to a splayed foot, unrolls a spring outing along a lakeshore. Holiday-makers drift in boats and…
Tea pot with customary occupations of the year, Japan-British Exhibition 1910 (no.157)年中行事図茶壺(1910年日英博覧会出品 No.157)Catalogue no.157, London 1910: “Tea Pot with Design of Customary Occupation of the Year (Earthenware), Yabu Meizan.” The plate shows a small…
Teapot with a cockerel spout and dragon handle (Lawrence 2011, pl. 45)A teapot whose shape Lawrence derives from English silver teapots. Meizan has turned the handle into a dragon, the spout into a…
Two vases with fishing boats and children at crafts — Bonhams, 2025This pair of small baluster vases is painted on a clear crackled glaze with complementary friezes. Fishing boats, ferries and distant sailing…
Vase with a bird and a spider on a cherry branch (The International Studio, 1910)A vase illustrated on page 287 of The International Studio, October 1910, captioned “Vase decorated by Yabu Meizan”. The accompanying article by…
Vase with a bird on a flowering cherry branch (Ashmolean EA1993.12)This slender vase, 25 centimetres high, shows the open, pictorial style associated with the studio around 1910. A single bird perches on…
Vase with a dragonfly among morning glories — Christie’s, 2012This vase, 24 centimetres high, is painted on a fine crackled cream glaze with a dragonfly among morning glories and finished with…
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 a view of Miyajima (Osaka Museum of History)宮島山水図花瓶This vase depicts the celebrated shrine of Itsukushima on the island of Miyajima, one of Japan's three classic scenic views, in fine…
Vase with an insect daimyo procession (Khalili S 107)Here Meizan's beloved procession subject is turned into a comedy. Around the ovoid body of this small vase marches a daimyō's retinue…
Vase with craftspeople at work (shokunin zukushi) — Bonhams, 2026This vase has a compressed ovoid body and a slender neck ending in a garlic-bud mouth. On a clear crackled glaze, a…
Vase with figures drying, sorting and packing cloth (Minneapolis Institute of Art 2025.62.3)布晒し・選別・荷造り図花瓶A small vase in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, recorded as Satsuma ware, earthenware painted in overglaze enamels and gilt, decorated with…
Vase with frogs at play — Bonhams, 2014This vase of compressed meiping form, on a flared foot, is painted on a clear crackled ground with a continuous design of…
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…
Vase with silk decorators at work (Khalili S 77)The tapering ovoid body of this vase, with its short, slightly flared neck and foot, is painted with the stages of finishing…
Vase with textile production and a thrush in wisteria — Bonhams, 2020This vase has a compressed ovoid body on a slightly splayed foot and an elongated neck. Around the body runs a continuous…No works match these filters.