MASSIVE JAPANESE SATSUMA TEA CONTAINER

Japanese ceramic tea container (chatsubo) decorated in vivid gold, colored enamels and gossu blue, depicting gatherings of people drinking tea. With a Vermeil silver cover.

Signed: Kinseido Hekizan.

Meijii Period, (Circa 1875)

Height: 12", Depth: 10", Width: 10"

JAPANESE ROYAL SATSUMA DRAGON & PHOENIX BOWL

On the Exterior a Gilt Dragon and a Gilt Phoenix (Ho-o Bird) Glide over Gossu Blue Waves, with Twin Peacocks Flanking a Peony Flower on the inside. The Satsuma Family Crest of an Encircled Blue Cross.

Meijii Period, (Circa 1880)

Diameter: 7.5 “