A JAPANESE SATSUMA DOUBLE-HANDLED VASE BY KINKOZAN

A JAPANESE SATSUMA DOUBLE-HANDLED VASE BY KINKOZAN

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

The urn-shaped body raised on a flared foot and with elegant handles applied to the shoulder, decorated with a continuous band of beauties, children, and a man in a mountainous river landscape, on a dense ground of spirals and flowerheads painted in gilt on the midnight-blue ground, the base impressed with a mark reading Kinkozan zo, 18cm.