SATSUMA TEA SERVICE FOR 12 PERSONS

Description:

Japan, signed Kimkozan, Meiji Period
L. 6,3-18 cm
The service consists of a covered teapot, a covered milk jug, a covered sugar bowl, a bowl, a small miniature vase and twelve cups with their matching saucers. Each piece traditionally glazed in translucent cobalt-blue and further embellished in gilt with floral designs. The reserves of the cups and saucers as well as the bowl are finely decorated in polychrome enamels with a multitude of scenes showing young women in gardens and country landscapes. The reserves of the teapot, the milk jug and the sugar bowl with various birds in landscapes. All pieces, except the small vase, are bearing Kinkozan signatures at the base.
From the collection of merchant Alfred Julius Forkel (1873-1934), assembled in China prior to 1910 - Minor wear, one small cup slightly chipped, Erratum: one cup with one hairline crack, handle of miniature vase with small hairline crack, some cups with small glaze imperfections