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Satsuma ware is a type of pottery that originated in the Satsuma province of Japan, which is now known as Kagoshima prefecture. Satsuma ware is known for its distinctive designs, which often feature intricate patterns and detailed images.

The history of Satsuma ware dates back to the late 16th century, when the first kilns were established in the region. At that time, Satsuma ware was mostly produced for local use, and the designs were simple and utilitarian. However, in the late 17th century, the Satsuma domain was ruled by the Shimazu family, who encouraged the production of high-quality ceramics as a way to boost the local economy.

Under the Shimazu family's patronage, Satsuma ware began to evolve into a more refined art form. The potters began to experiment with new techniques and designs, and the kilns produced a range of ceramics, from tea bowls and sake cups to more... vases and figurines. The most famous Satsuma ware of this period was produced by a potter named Shimizu Yasutaro, who was known for his delicately painted pieces that featured scenes from classical literature.

During the Meiji period (1868-1912), Satsuma ware became increasingly popular in Japan and abroad. The Meiji government actively promoted the export of Japanese goods, and Satsuma ware was among the most successful products. The Satsuma ware exported during this period was often decorated with gold and silver, and the designs were heavily influenced by traditional Japanese motifs such as cherry blossoms and chrysanthemums.

Satsuma ware is still produced in Kagoshima prefecture and other parts of Japan. While traditional designs are still popular, contemporary Satsuma ware often incorporates modern techniques and themes. Satsuma ware continues to be prized for its intricate designs and rich history. less...

Two very fine, monumental Satsuma vases, a remarkable and…
Meiji Period Palace Size Satsuma Vases with Court Scenes

Two very fine, monumental Satsuma vases, a remarkable and scarce pair of Meiji period palace size hand painted vases, formed with eight panels, depicting court scenes and exotic birds in enamel and gilt highlights. Each vase has a matching cover and base,

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A 20th century Japanese massive floor standing porcelain vase,…
Japanese Porcelain Vase with Mountainous Temple Landscape and Dragons

A 20th century Japanese massive floor standing porcelain vase, baluster form, the body hand painted with a wide encircling band of extensive mountainous temple landscape. The waisted neck with colourful florals and gilt highlights including sculpted shishi

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A Japanese modernist vase by Miyanaga Tozan III (1935-), Heisei…
Miyanaga Tozan III Celadon Vase with Water Ripples

A Japanese modernist vase by Miyanaga Tozan III (1935-), Heisei period (1989-2019), circa 1990, moulded in hexagonal form, with carved abstracted water ripples to the surface, covered in a pale bluish-green celadon glaze. Carved signature reading 'III Toza

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A large Kyoto Satsuma export ware floor vase, Japanese,…
Kyoto Satsuma Lion Dog Floor Vase with Carved Stand

A large Kyoto Satsuma export ware floor vase, Japanese, 19th/20th century, the baluster vase with impressive lion dog lug handles and ring and ribbon motifs to the collar and sides, decorated with landscapes, figures and patterned panels, on a tiered and c

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A very large floor standing Japanese Arita vase, overall blue…
Large Arita Vase with Blue and White Decoration

A very large floor standing Japanese Arita vase, overall blue and white decoration, of two sections with fluted top, some professional repair. The ovoid base with gilded eagle and selected highlights. Height 68.11 in. Provenance: Reputedly ex. the…

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A large and impressive Satsuma Meiji period floor vase painted…
Meiji Satsuma Floor Vase with Bijin and Landscapes

A large and impressive Satsuma Meiji period floor vase painted and gilded in cartouche panels. The front central panel with a Bijin and attendants. The other panels with interior scenes and landscapes on a ground with bird, floral and mon decoration.

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Large and impressive Meiji period Imari floor vase hand painted…
Meiji Imari Lion Dog Floor Vase

Large and impressive Meiji period Imari floor vase hand painted and gilded with a shishi lion dog and cub to the front panel. The whole profusely decorated with floral designs, floral mon and scrolling tendrils in red and blue. 29.92 in. height

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Large Japanese decorated ceramic floor vase hand painted…
Hand-Painted Japanese Ceramic Floor Vase with Court Figures

Large Japanese decorated ceramic floor vase hand painted decoration of figures in court, character marks to base, height 18.50 in.

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Shoji Hamada (Japanese 1894-1978), a stoneware bottle vase of…
Hamada Stoneware Vase with Sugarcane Motif

Shoji Hamada (Japanese 1894-1978), a stoneware bottle vase of squared rectangular form with a short tapering neck, decorated in a kaki glaze and wax resist with a stylised sugarcane motif, gallery label to base, height 9.25 in., together with reference…

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A large Japanese Imari floor vase late 19th century of baluster…
Japanese Imari Floor Vase with Sterling Silver Top

A large Japanese Imari floor vase late 19th century of baluster form decorated in underglaze blue and iron red with birds and flowers. The vase is surmounted by a hall marked sterling silver top by John Grinsell and Sons, assay date, 1905. Height 20.47 in.

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A Japanese Kyoyaki modernist vase by Teraike Tosshu II (1933-),…
Kyoyaki Modernist Vase by Teraike Tosshu II

A Japanese Kyoyaki modernist vase by Teraike Tosshu II (1933-), Showa period (1926-1989), 1962-1963, decorated with abstracted mountains in underglaze copper red. Marked 'Tosshu zo' to the base in underglaze blue. Together with tomobako (original signed wo

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Imari ware Japanese floor vase by Fukagawa, Meiji period, eight…
Imari Floor Vase by Fukagawa, Meiji Period (79cm)

Imari ware Japanese floor vase by Fukagawa, Meiji period, eight character seal mark to base with old label, 31.10 in. high

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A large modern Japanese Fujii Shumei studio vase, late 20th…
Japanese Fujii Shumei porcelain vase with mountain landscape design

A large modern Japanese Fujii Shumei studio vase, late 20th century, the large ovoid porcelain vase with small mouth, decorated in delicate shades of underglaze blue with tree covered mountains, with snowy peaks in the distance. With an incised signature o

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A decorative Japanese Imari floor vase decorated with flowers…
Japanese Imari Floor Vase with Floral and Avian Motifs

A decorative Japanese Imari floor vase decorated with flowers and birds, 42.52 in. high.

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A Japanese export ware earthenware floor vase, early 20th…
Japanese Earthenware Floor Vase, 20th Century, 90cm High

A Japanese export ware earthenware floor vase, early 20th century, twelve character mark to base, 35.43 in. high

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A Japanese Kutani floor vase with stand, Meiji period, late…
Meiji Kutani Floor Vase with Stand and Dragons

A Japanese Kutani floor vase with stand, Meiji period, late 19th to early 20th century, the baluster vase with a trumpet neck decorated in an iron red, blue and green palette with figures in a landscape setting below a brocaded neck with fan and other embe

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A 20th century Japanese Imari floor vase 76 cm high, 27 cm…
Japanese Imari Floor Vase - 20th Century

A 20th century Japanese Imari floor vase 29.92 in. high, 10.63 in. diameter

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A monumental Japanese porcelain Ambassadorial vase, circa 1900.…
Japanese Porcelain Ambassadorial Vase, Circa 1900

A monumental Japanese porcelain Ambassadorial vase, circa 1900. 22.64 in. high, approx. 12.20 in. diameter

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A monumental antique Arita floor vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912,…
Meiji Period Arita Floor Vase with Elaborate Decoration

A monumental antique Arita floor vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912, a baluster vase with a cushioned neck rim and a fluted trumpet rim, profusely decorated with pairs of shaped cloud and quatrefoil reserves populated with bird and landscape scenes upon a scrol

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A Japanese Imari floor vase 19th century, tapering in form,…
Imari Floor Vase on Carved Stand

A Japanese Imari floor vase 19th century, tapering in form, with a fluted rim, standing on a carved circular wooden stand

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An impressive Japanese gilt and enamel floor vase signed…
Japanese Gilt Enamel Floor Vase with Peony and Shishi

An impressive Japanese gilt and enamel floor vase signed Arita-Yaki, 20th century, of baluster shape, the central cartouche theme of Botan-shishi or peony and Shishi (Foo dog), a traditional decorative theme in Japanese Art seen as symbolic of nobility and

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A large and impressive 19th century Japanese Imari floor vase,…
19th Century Japanese Imari Floor Vase

A large and impressive 19th century Japanese Imari floor vase, the squat ovoid body with a long cylindrical neck flaring at the top, the exterior with all over traditional panelled designs including dragons, exotic birds in complex landscapes and tradition

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An impressive Japanese gilt and enamel floor vase, 20th century,…
Japanese Enamel Floor Vase with Shishi and Peony Design

An impressive Japanese gilt and enamel floor vase, 20th century, signed Arita-Yaki, of baluster shape, the central cartouche theme of Botan-shishi or peony and Shishi (Foo dog), a traditional decorative theme in Japanese Art seen as symbolic of nobility an

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An impressive covered Japanese floor vase in the Imari palette,…
Imari Floor Vase with HO-o Birds and Landscapes

An impressive covered Japanese floor vase in the Imari palette, Meiji period, 19th century, large and impressive Imari floor vase of baluster form decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze iron red and polychrome HO-o birds, landscapes and spaced by furth

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A monumental Japanese Satsuma vase, late Meiji period…
Japanese Satsuma Monkey and Persimmon Tree Vase

A monumental Japanese Satsuma vase, late Meiji period (1868-1912), circa 1868-69, baluster in form, finely applied with a continuous raised monkey and persimmon tree scene, on a cream and gilt ground, with an enamelled peony spray, signed Gyokuzan to base,

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19th century Japanese floor vase converted with kerosene light…
Japanese Geisha Floor Vase with Kerosene Lamp Fitting

19th century Japanese floor vase converted with kerosene light fitting, ovoid body, panel painted with geisha, exotic birds & florals with an iron red palette, 16.54 in. high including lamp fitting

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A monumental Japanese ceramic floor vase with applied dragon…
Japanese Dragon Ceramic Floor Vase - 92cm

A monumental Japanese ceramic floor vase with applied dragon decoration. 36.22 in. high

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A Japanese Satsuma floor vase, decorated with figural groups,…
Japanese Satsuma Figural Floor Vase

A Japanese Satsuma floor vase, decorated with figural groups, signed to lower side. Chip to rim. Height 22.83 in.

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Large Japanese floor vase, approx 91 cm high
91cm Japanese Floor Vase

Large Japanese floor vase, approx 35.83 in. high

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A floor standing Satsuma Exhibition vase on stand late 19th…
Satsuma Exhibition Vase with Moriage Samurai and Dolphin Handles

A floor standing Satsuma Exhibition vase on stand late 19th century applied moriage samurais to front, two dolphin handles, raised on four dragon feet, 77.17 in. high

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A large Japanese painted and gilt floor vase by Fuji Kinsai,…
Japanese Painted & Gilt Floor Vase by Fuji Kinsai

A large Japanese painted and gilt floor vase by Fuji Kinsai, second half 20th century. 25.59 in. high, 11.81 in. diameter

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A large Japanese Fukugawa crane decorated floor vase, circa…
Japanese Fukugawa Crane Floor Vase, c. 1900

A large Japanese Fukugawa crane decorated floor vase, circa 1900. 30.71 in. high

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A massive Japanese Imari floor vase, Meiji Period, 1868-1912…
Japanese Imari Phoenix Floor Vase

A massive Japanese Imari floor vase, Meiji Period, 1868-1912 decorated with a pair of phoenix each one in a flowering prunus tree within a shaped cartouche surrounded by various brocade designs wooden cover and base. 37.80 in. high

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A large Japanese Satsuma floor vase, decorated with warriors on…
Japanese Satsuma Warrior Floor Vase

A large Japanese Satsuma floor vase, decorated with warriors on a. Foaming sea, in a finely crackled glaze. Height 24.02 in.

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A Japanese Satsuma floor vase with rosewood stand, mid 20th…
Japanese Satsuma Floor Vase with Rosewood Stand

A Japanese Satsuma floor vase with rosewood stand, mid 20th century, of baluster form with a pulvinated collar and broad fluted rim, splendidly painted in gilt and colours with reserves of archers and fighting samurai and with smaller figural roundels upon

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Blue and white floor standing vase, Japanese, of two sections,…
Japanese Floor Vase with Birds and Landscape Design

Blue and white floor standing vase, Japanese, of two sections, the scalloped edge of mouth can be seperated, birds in flight through landscape (A/F). Height 56.69 in. Width 18.90 in. Provenance: Wanganui, Longueville, the home of the Garling Family

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Exhibition quality Satsuma vase, of attractive proportions, the…
Satsuma Vase with Gilt Floral Decoration and Figures

Exhibition quality Satsuma vase, of attractive proportions, the blue ground with raised gilt floral decoration, finely painted panels. The front is of elegant ladies and girls, the verso with noblemen and a boy, signed Kinkozan. Height 11.81 in.

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