Lot 15: Antique Satsuma-Style Vase, Gilt Bird Design

Description

A richly decorated Satsuma-style vase featuring twin gilt handles and a central reserve panel depicting a colorful long-tailed bird, likely a phoenix, amid peonies and flowering branches against a mountain landscape. The neck and shoulder are banded with dense gilt floral and geometric motifs on cream and black grounds, a hallmark of the elaborate, heavily gilded decoration associated with Satsuma-style ceramics produced for both domestic and export markets from the Meiji era onward. The base is unmarked, so no specific maker or period can be confirmed.

Dimensions: H: 7.75", W: 2.5", L: 5"