Meiji Satsuma Censer with Tea Ceremony Scene

Stunning Satsuma Meiji period censer, of squat globular form…
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Stunning Satsuma Meiji period censer, of squat globular form with an inverted rim, the body beautifully decorated with frieze of forty six seated ladies in a tea ceremony with screens and vases, below a rim decorated with intricate border of melons, wings, turnips and brocade motifs, between geometric borders, in colourful tones and heavily accented in gilt, the whole raised on three shaped legs, with Shimazu crest, Yasuda studio mark and Kanzan mark seal in gilt, height 11.5 cm and diameter 18 cm

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  • Frieze - An architectural term denoting the flat, shaped or convex horizontal surface of furniture, between the architrave and the cornice, usually found on a cabinet or bookcase, or on desks and tables where it may include drawers, the area between the top and the legs. In ceramics, the term refers to the banding, of usually a repeating pattern, on the rims of plates and vases.

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