Shozan (active circa 1900)


A Satsuma vaseMeiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900The ovoid vase decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear, crackled ground with Kinko Sennin and Benten seated on the back of an enormous carp among clouds by a blossoming prunus, the reverse with a lone Chinese scholar by a grove of bamboo, the neck painted with chrysanthemum and scrolling vines, signed Satsuma Shozan tsukuru, with a kao and the mark of the Shimazu family 9 3/4in (24.7cm) high