A miscellaneous group of Satsuma cups and saucers


Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising eight coffee cups and saucers and one miniature egg-shaped box and cover: the four matching sets of cup and saucer: each cup and saucer with two different figures from different Noh plays including Hagoromo (The Feather Mantle), Ataka (The Ataka Barrier) and, probably Nue (Monster Nue), all signed on the base Kinkozan, each cup, 5cm x 7.5cm (2in x 3in), each saucer, 12cm (4¾in) diam.; two other cups and saucers: one depicting a continuous autumn scene of beautiful ladies and children in a garden, the inside well of the cup with five assorted butterflies, its matching saucer similarly decorated, the second cup with a profusion of chrysanthemums trailing from the rim, the inside well with five butterflies, the matching saucer similarly decorated, all signed on the base with an impressed seal of Kinkozan tsukuru, each cup, 4.5cm x 6.5cm (1¾in x 2½in), each saucer, 11cm (4 5/16in) diam.; the last two cups and saucers with an identical design of two sparrows in flight among autumnal foliage and flowers, the matching saucer similarly decorated, all signed on the base Choshuzan, each cup, 5cm x 7.5cm (2in x 2 15/16in), each saucer, 11.2cm (4 7/16in) diam.; the miniature box raised on three short legs, decorated with autumnal flowers on the cover, signed on the base Kinkozan tsukuru, 3.2cm x 4.1cm (1¼in x 1 5/8in). (18).