MEIJI SATSUMA

The new authoratative book on Satsuma! The new authoratative book on Satsuma!

It has been 20 years since Louis Lawrence’s book devoted solely to Satsuma was published and we are very pleased to be able to offer you an exclusive opportunity to order his latest volume at a pre-publication discounted price.  The offer will close on the 31st October 2011.

Monumental Fine Baikei Satsuma Monumental Fine Baikei Satsuma
Kinkozan Sozan Satsuma Charger Kinkozan Sozan Satsuma Charger
Panoramic view of this awesome rendition Panoramic view of this awesome rendition

This is my true passion.  Beautifully decorated Japanese earthenware from the Meiji period.  If you come across any great pieces- I would love to see photos and share thoughts with you. 

              meijisatsuma@yahoo.com

If you want to start collecting great pieces of this highly undervalued art- then call Ivory Tower Antiques:  Matt Baer:

55-A East Ridgewood Avenue, Suite #5, Ridgewood, NJ 07450

call (201) 670-6191  email:YabuMeizan@aol.com

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Satsuma earthenware vase


DESCRIPTION

Satsuma earthenware vase
signed Yabu Meizan (1853-1934) and sealed Meizan
with a squat ovoid body and tall bulbous neck decorated in colored enamels and gilt with figures assembling and painting parasols while others catch and gather the parasols scattering away in strong wind, the foot decorated with millefleurs rising from a border of geometric pattern
height 5 3/4 in. (14.6cm.)

Provenance:
Havemeyer Collection

An exceptional Sobei Kinkozan vase, c.1890, of square section, shouldered ovoid form, finely enamelled and gilt with silver-dotted panels of a festival cart painted with a tiger, a samurai in court costume, a hanging basket with a puppy eyeing a butterfly and a bijin by a rivulet on a mirror black ground, the shoulders with clouds on café-au-lait, black Kinkozan sei zo, minute glaze chip to one shoulder, 25cm Everything about this vase sets it apart from Kinkozan's normal oeuvre: the shape (derived from a Chinese Ming bronze) the black and brown grounds, the use of silver (now tarnished but revivable) the subject matter, the amount of space accorded the decoration, the nonchalant signature and lack of impressed mark, all these point to a special commission. The tiger is a zodiac animal and, on the twelve-year cycle, came round in 1890, a perfect fit stylistically for this vase. A vase of similar form and also with hanging baskets probably by the same hand is illustrated in Meiji Ceramics, Gisela Jahn, n.d., pl 91. For a similar puppy see Satsuma, Louis Lawrence, 1991, p. 174, and the hanging basket, p.176.

Painted with rat's hair, natural enamels, natural light- Japanese Satsuma will never be recreated...MEASUREMENTS diam. 15 1/4 in. depicting a crowd riding a gigantic elephant SIGNED MEIZAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY Stunning quality

THE ABSOLUTE WORLD AUTHORITY ON SATSUMA

Satsuma - Masterpieces from the World’s Great Collections, by Louis Lawrence

This very fine book is the book of choice for the advanced Satsuma collector. This book concentrates on top end pieces from 1870 to 1915.  It featured some of the finest examples from Kinkozan and Yabu Meizan. Each piece is beautifully illustrated and described, some fold out sections showing full panoramic views of the decoration.

Hardcover: 220 pages
Publisher: Dauphin Pub. (December 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1872357040
ISBN-13: 978-1872357041

TOP SATSUMA AND MEIJI COLLECTION

THE KHALILI COLLECTIONS

http://www.khalili.org/japanese-collection.html

Other Satsuma information and Marks

The gotheborg.com marks page was originally initiated by a donation of marks from the collection of Karl-Hans Schneider, Euskirchen, Germany in July 2000. The section have since then been greatly extended by a large number of contributing collectors. A big thank you goes among others to Sandra Andacht who are to be credited with some of the good information that makes this page interesting. Additional translations by John Wocher and I & M Heriot.

 

http://gotheborg.com/marks/satsuma.shtml

Other Educational Satsuma Sites

 

Satsuma NZ :  From the 1800s to the early 1900s although Satsuma dates back even further than these dates. Greattest Satsuma potters and artists from the 19th century.

Names such as:  Kinkozan, Yabu Meizan, Seizan, Kozan, Ryozan, Matsumoto Hozan,  Chosyuzan

             http://www.satsuma.co.nz/index.php