A Satsuma-box with rich gold decoration
Lot-No. 909
Proceeds : 300 €
Japan, Meiji-period (1868-1912). Stoneware. Globe-shaped box with ivory glaze in craquelé and translucent painting with gold on 3 feet. At the front a branch with cherry blossoms, verso instruments of the "100 antiquities". At the cover butterflies. Manufactory- and artist-mark underneath shimazu-mon. H. 9,5 cm.
A Satsuma-box with rich gold decoration
A Satsuma-box with rich gold decoration
Lot-No. 909
Proceeds : 300 €
Japan, Meiji-period (1868-1912). Stoneware. Globe-shaped box with ivory glaze in craquelé and translucent painting with gold on 3 feet. At the front a branch with cherry blossoms, verso instruments of the "100 antiquities". At the cover butterflies. Manufactory- and artist-mark underneath shimazu-mon. H. 9,5 cm.