Two ovoid satsuma lidded jars with silver mounts, finely decorated with grasses or flowers

Description:

Japan, Meiji period, 19th century
H. 18.5 - 18.8 cm
Old and important German private collection, collected since the 1950s until 2007, these pieces were acquired at Christie's London, 16 February 1980, lot 403 - Minimal traces of age, mounts later