Meiji Satsuma Bowl with Dragon and Deities

A good Satsuma bowl, Meiji period, later 19th century, signed…
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A good Satsuma bowl, Meiji period, later 19th century, signed Hakuzan with Satsuma mon, well decorated with a central warrior figure fighting a dragon with male and female deity onlookers, and to the exterior, a pair of moriage enamel three toed dragons, with shimazu crests inside and out; signed to a bordered cartouche underside and upon a good traditional timber display stand. Height 7.5 cm. diameter 18.5 cm

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  • Mon - A mon is a Japanese heraldic emblem, indicating the status or the family of the owner, similar to a family crest. Nowadays almost all Japanese families and many businesses have a mon.

    In decorative arts, mon are used as a decorative element on a vase, plate, bowl or item of furniture.
  • Cartouche - An ornamental panel in the form of of a shield, oval or rectangular scroll with curling edges. It may be carved into the back of a chair or the top of a sideboard, or present on a piece of silver or jewellery, and contain the initials of the original owner, heraldic symbols, or some other inscription, such as the details of a presentation.

    In ceramics the term defines the central area of a vase or similar with a decorative border in one of the shapes above, into which a decorative scene or figures have been painted.

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