Posted By: tony bonn
Posted Date: Mar 04, 2009 (11:58 PM)
This vase does not fit my expectations of a satsuma vase but i do not know how else to categorize it.
vase has a matte off white ground with detailed decoration in the round of trees among rock work with village huts in the background. a man is fishing in a river encircling the vase. the main decoration is done en-gresaille with tree leaves painted in green. over "glaze" white enamel punctuates the scenery to depict flowering buds.
now i believe that this decoration is all enamel - that it is not transfer ware. i know it seems silly raising the question but i do so because the decoration is so flat. the flat decoration on the matte surface is a strange phenomenon to me. and yes it all looks brush stroked but reproduction techniques can be very sophisticated.
there is what appears to be a signature on the visible vase while underneath are marks which at this point are too difficult to photograph but they do not appear to alphabetical/kanji.
so my questions are regarding age, classification, and the signature if indeed that is what it is.
- tony bonn - Mar 09, 2009 (01:49 PM)