Meiji Period Satsuma Mantle Vase with Interior Scene Vignettes

Satsuma high quality Japanese earthenware mantle vase adorned…
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Satsuma high quality Japanese earthenware mantle vase adorned with vignettes of interior scenes, Meiji period, 19th century, signed in vignette centre right, 47 cm high. Note: within this fine Satsuma decoration are signatures applied to some of the furniture and the scroll painting the young boy is holding, and signed monograms encircling the neck which are placed with-in silver-ingot shaped cartouches.

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  • Earthenware - A basic ceramic material that is fired at a low temperature. Earthenware is the basis of almost all ancient, medieval, Middle Eastern and European painted ceramics. After firing, the colour is the colour of the clay when it is dug from the ground: buff, brown and red. It is not waterproof until glazed. Creamware is a type of earthenware covered with a transparent lead glaze. Majolica, faience and delft are also earthenware covered in an opaque white tin glaze.

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