Object Description
From our collection of Japanese Satsuma ware, this attractive bowl by the Kinkozan Company, (the most prolific manufacturer of Satsuma ware during the reign of Emperor Meiji.)
The interior of the bowl depicting a scene from the legendary tale of “Shuten Doji” where a women weeps bitterly, whilst washing the bloody clothes of a relative who had been slain by the beastly Shuten Doji.
The exterior of the bowl with smaller decorative panels depicting birds flying above blossoming trees and giant Peonies, on a rich dark blue ground, typical of fine works by Kinkozan.
Signed Kinkozan to the underneath.