Object Description
From our collection of antique Japanese ceramics of the Meiji-era (1868-1912) this fine and unusual cylindrical-bottle form vases signed Hozan and made for the Yasuda Company of Kyoto.
The body of the vases each decorated with three highly complex wraparound scenes painted in minute detail.
Each panel is defined with a detailed Gold border, featuring designs seen on Japanese Kimono silk. The top panel has a very fine depiction of a crowd of well-dressed people and rickshaws with over-sized Ikebana flower displays. The middle panel is a Shrine on a rocky, mountainous island whilst the lower section of each vase is an interlinking chain of purple and red Peonies and Chrysanthemums – the colours significant as they represent power and wealth.
The necks of the vases are works of art in their own right featuring stylised Phoenix on a read ground with polychrome clouds and a dense golden foliate design..
Each vase signed “Hozan” to the underside and with the crest of the Yasuda Company.