Kin Tozan - Earthenware jar and cover
A satsuma earthenware jar and cover, the ovoid body finely decorated in low relief with numerous ceramic articles, the shoulder and cover with gold brocade borders.
Signed Kin Tozan sei and with red seal, the base with a lengthy incription, transcribed:
‘This Satsuma ware depicting ceramics (examples) from all over Japan. It was fired in a kiln at about 160 degrees. It took about 50 weeks to paint. The technique of fine painting in exquisite skill is the product of works of art of our Empire’
Height 36cm
Meiji Period, circa 1890
£18,000