Kinkozan Workshop (circa 1900)


A fine Satsuma box and coverMeiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900The cylindrical box set on three scroll feet and fitted with a flat cover, decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt, the cover painted with overlapping rectangular reserves with a lakeshore and Shinto shrine gate, and floral lozenges, against a ground of blossoming flowers, the sides with staggered rectangular reserves with birds and flowers or animals, beauties, landscapes, and butterflies, the surrounding areas painted with cherry blossoms and scrolling vines, the interior decorated with a square reserve containing a pavilion by water, and trailing wisteria and chrysanthemum, signed on the underside in gilt Kinkozan tsukuru 3 1/4in (8.3cm) high
|ProvenancePurchased, Grover Antiques, 1969