Width: 7.5cms
Height: 25cms
Date: Circa 1880
£4,500
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Product Code: KPCE286
Artist / Company: Kinkozan
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From our collection of antique Japanese ceramics, this attractive, Meiji-era (Circa 1880) Satsuma vase, of classical form and with large well-painted panels on a dark blue ground.
The ground with golden foliate and fruiting vines to the shoulder. The panels depict a family of Chickens foraging under a Peony bush and to the reverse, a flock of Ducks swimming through a bleak, but beautiful marsh-land landscape.
Signed Kinkozan to the underside.
Offered in very good condition as shown in the photographs. Please feel free to contact us to arrange a viewing.
Click on the video below to see a slide-show of photographs of this wonderful piece:
Chicken
Celebrated and much revered in Japan, the noble chicken is a symbol of many things including love, luck, prosperity and courage. It’s crow was said to banish the darkness when it awoke the sun goddess Amaterasu. It is an auspicious symbol in the Shinto religion and reverence for the chicken dates back to the earliest tomb paintings in Japan.
Duck
The duck is symbolic of happiness and marital fidelity.
Peony
Known as the King of Flowers in Japan signifies good fortune, bravery and honour
Kinkozan
The Kinkozan dynasty were by far the biggest producers of export satsuma ware, they were active from 1645-1927 and exported heavily to America. Their factories produced a wide range of products and worked extensively with some of the best artists of the day.
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.
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