Width: 15cms
Height: 21cms
Depth: 15cms
Date: 1880
£4,950
Product Code: KPCE146
Artist / Company: Ryozan
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An attractive Satsuma Koro / covered dish dating from the reign of Emperor Meiji and bearing the mark of the highly respected artist Ryozan for the Yasuda Company.
Circular in design, the exterior of the piece is beautifully painted with a mille-fleur design and a Lion dog sits on top of the cover.
The interior of the cover with an intricately painted flock of colourful butterflies.
The condition of this piece is very good. Please feel free to contact us for further information.
Lion Dog
Known as Komainu in Japan, are mythical lion like statues which are places at the entrance of a place of worship or home to ward of evil spirits. Often one will have and open mouth and one will have a closed mouth this represents the beginning and end of all things.
Millefleur
Millefleur translates from the French for million flowers, it refers to a background style of many tiny flowers and plants. It first appears in art in the Medieval period in Europe, the style had a notable revival in the 19th century by William Morris.
Butterfly
The butterfly is a common symbol in Japanese art, it represents good luck, good health and prosperity.
Satsuma
Satsuma ware is a type of earthenware pottery originating from the Satsuma province in Southern Kyūshū, Japan’s third largest island. The first kilns were established here is the 16th century by Korean potters kidnapped by the Japanese for their extraordinary skills, prior to this there was no ceramic industry in Satsuma.
The first presentation of Japanese arts to the West was in 1867, Satsuma was one of the star attractions, it was this that established the satsuma aesthetic we are most familiar with today. This export style reflects the foreign tastes of the time, popular designs featured millefleur (million flower), and complex filled in patterns. Many pieces featured panels depicting typical Japanese scenes to appeal to the west such as pagodas, cherry blossom, birds and flowers and beautiful ladies and noble men in traditional dress. The height of popularity for Satsuma was the Meiji Period and many of the most beautiful and artistically accomplished works were made during this time.
Yasuda Company
Yasuda were a Kyoto based satsuma company active during the Meiji Period (1868-1912) they had many famous artists working for them including Ryozan and Hozan.
Ryozan
Ryozan was the head artist at the Yasuda company, he was active during the Meiji period and is regarded as one of the greatest satsuma artists, his work ranges in size and shape but always has a fine painterly quality to the decoration, faces are rendered with particular skill.
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