A square dish with canted corners, enamelled with a crowd of boys clambering over a white elephant. Lawrence admires how the animal’s patience is conveyed, “as the elephant’s wry smile confirms” (p. 166). For other Meizan elephants he refers to the Khalili Collection, nos. 4 and 14.
Compare: Khalili S 4 (cited by Lawrence 2011, p. 188 n. 65).
Description summarised from Louis Lawrence, Satsuma: The Romance of Japan (2011), pl. 115, pp. 166–167. Measurements and marks are as published and have not been checked against the object.
Provenance
Anonymous private collection, as stated in the source: Lawrence (2011, p. 259) says all Satsuma pieces in the book are from anonymous private collections in the USA and Europe (exceptions nos. 4, 29, 65 and 141, none of which is this piece).
Literature
Louis Lawrence, Satsuma: The Romance of Japan (2011), pl. 115, pp. 166–167.
