A miscellaneous group of eight Satsuma cups and saucers


Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt, comprising eight cups and saucers: two matching tea cup and saucer sets, each cup and saucer with two rectangular panels enclosing different bird-and-flower scenes, each cup, 4.5cm x 10.5cm (1¾in x 4 1/8in), each saucer, 13cm (5 1/8in) diam.; the third, a coffee cup and saucer, the cup with two panels, one with a pair of chickens with cotton roses, the other with trailing wisteria, the inside well with a flower, the matching saucer similarly decorated, the cup, 5.5cm x 7cm (2 1/8in x 2¾in), the saucer, 12.2cm (4 13/16in) diam.; the fourth, a coffee cup and saucer, the cup with two panels, one decorated with a group of samurai reading a scroll, the other with a beautiful lady and children among gathering herbs, the matching saucer similarly decorated, the cup, 5cm x 7cm (2inx 2¾in), the saucer, 12cm (4¾in) diam.; the fifth, another coffee cup and saucer, the cup with two panels, one depicting a mother teaching her child to dance, the other with a warrior beneath a flowering cherry tree, the saucer similarly decorated, the cup, 4.7cm x 6.8cm (1 7/8in x 2 11/16in), the saucer, 10.5cm (4 1/8in) diam.; the sixth, a coffee cup and saucer, the cup with a continuous mountainous landscape with lake and a temple, the matching saucer similarly decorated, the cup, 5cm x 6.5cm (2in x 2½in), the saucer, 11cm (4 5/16in) diam.; the seventh, a coffee cup and saucer, the cup with a continuous rice-farming scene, the matching saucer similarly decorated, the cup, 4.7cm x 6.1cm (1 7/8inx 2 7/16in), the saucer, 11cm (4 3/8in) diam.; the last another coffee cup and saucer, the cup depicting a continuous scene of figures enjoying an outing by a lake, the saucer similarly decorated, the cup 5cm x 6.5cm (2in x 2½in), the saucer, 10.5cm (4 1/8in) diam.; all signed Kinkozan tsukuru, two sets with an impressed seal Kinkozan tsukuru. (16).