TWO JAPANESE SATSUMA DISHES BY KINKOZAN

TWO JAPANESE SATSUMA DISHES BY KINKOZAN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

One dish decorated with a large kakemono (scroll painting) depicting thatched pavilions in a mountainous river landscape, with coopers working on barrels in and out of the buildings, the trompe l'oeil painting signed with a red gourd-shaped seal mark for Sozan and on an ornate silk mount decorated with chrysanthemum mon, a basket of fruits before it; the reverse with an elaborate mark painted as two books and flowers, a long inscription reading Dai Nihon Kyoto, Awata, Kinkozan seizo, Sozan ga; the other dish painted with two scrolls, one depicting a landscape and the other three Chinese sages, both with a red seal mark for Sozan and with a model of a takarabune (treasure boat) and chrysanthemum before them; the reverse also with an elaborate signature reading Dai Nihon Kyoto Kinkozan seizo; 18.6cm and 19cm respectively. (2)