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Seeing the whole foot, you may be correct it might be late Meiji but I just feel the vase is pushing boundaries, if that makes sense?
The base doesn't make me think Kutani but there is certainly something of Satsuma about the vase, but without the opulence - I feel we are invited to compare the golden top and the idyllic background with the reality of everyday life for ordinary people. I love it! I can't wait to see the other.
@julia JRN's post from 12/05/2020, contained a link that no longer works but he mentioned in the post to just type Stylish Satsuma Style And Design of Satsuma Ware into your search engine and it should turn up. I remember the pieces featured some domestic farm scenes juxtaposed with fancy Satsuma trim.
It worked by typing into search, there is also a section on porcelain similarly decorated. The barrel jar with the rural domestic scene was by Kinkozan. Fun to look at if nothing else, hopefully Mark's friend will know exactly. Sharon
@julia JRN's post from 12/05/2020, contained a link that no longer works but he mentioned in the post to just type Stylish Satsuma Style And Design of Satsuma Ware into your search engine and it should turn up. I remember the pieces featured some domestic farm scenes juxtaposed with fancy Satsuma
Superb 🙂 You are very lucky. They are masterpeices on porcelain. Like japanese Sevres. I think they would be more satsuma than kutani. Satsuma has more range than Kutani. Maybe they are kaga kutani/satsuma.
I think I have seen something like this, but it was at an auction and it was equally stunning, described as Kinkozan if i recall.
Someone mentioned Nikko. I think it is also possible.
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this finely painted Meiji period 1868-1912 Satsuma vase in the manner of Kinkozan but signed Nikko , the cobalt blue gilt decorated borders are very finely executed and very much in the style of fine Kinkozan artists , the first of the two main panels depict Bijin and Children in a tranquil garden setting , the reverse depicts Samurai warriors at rest in a woodland scene , once again both panels painted in exquisite detail and reminiscent of the style of Kinkozan artist , Nikko is recorded as being a retailer of ceramics in Nagasaki and may well have commissioned this piece, whoever painted it it is certainly a fine example of Meiji period Satsuma wares that due to some minor gilt rubbing now falls into a budget that may add to or inspire the start of a future collection of Japanese ceramics .
The way the people are painted differs from typical Satsuma, which tends to be very ornate and very traditional in style. I did find a couple of pieces which had slightly similar faces, though but only one was Satsuma and the other a painting, both Meiji before 1900.
There are two reasons I feel these vases differ from traditional Satsuma. First, the figures seem to be drawn in a very western way (yes, like KPM); there seems to be traces of western painting styles like Naturalism and Realism and the people remind me of characters in impressionist paintings in the way they look directly at you and engage with you. That all points to a slightly earlier period but I am looking atminfluences not a distinct style.
The second point is that Satsuma pieces don't tend to depict "peasants" even if they show rural landscapes. Here, I get the impression that there is something "völkisch" about the style. It is something about the way the workers are depicted ie not downtrodden, but happy and healthy-looking in decent clothes; and also the possible interpretations of that with the other elements of the decoration, the golden sky, idyllic setting etc. It is almost a fascist feeling.
Admittedly that could all be nothing more than my imagination! It is just what I see. By the way Dave, it was me who said Nikko. I thought that the second line of the mark might say Nikko made..
@imperialfinegems Thanks Mark, and everyone for all the great input.
I’ll see if I can get a full translation on Asianart.com Forum.
I also reached out to a client I know in Japan who owns a Makuzu Kozan museum for help on the translation, but he’s often a bit slow to respond.
So, as Nikko ware, that would make the vases satsuma?
I did a quick look… the borders of my vases look similar to Nikko pieces sold at Bonhams. But, overall rendering remains unlike any Japanese work I’ve seen so far.
I think Nikko did Satsuma-style as you can see on your vases in so far as there is the gold and the muted colours, maybe the pastoral areas too, but as for the people, that strikes me as being very different as you know.
I mentioned earlier that I have seen one piece of satsuma with that kind of face (but the rest was more traditional) and one painting from 1899 which has a similarity.
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