Unzan (active late 19th century)


A Satsuma ewerMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryThe bulbous body with a tall neck and applied with a dragon wrapping around the vessel forming the handle and spout, decorated in polychrome enamels, gosu blue, and gilt with blossoming chrysanthemums and clouds, the domed cover pierced with a hole and surmounted with a chrysanthemum finial, signed in gilt Satsuma yaki Unzan and with the mark of the Shimazu family 6 7/8in (17.5cm) high