拍品描述:SIGNED YABU MEIZAN (1853-1934) Of globus form set on a short circular foot， the short and thin neck opens to a flared mouth， finely decorated over the crackled transparent glaze in polychrome enamels and gilt with a band depicting boats in a rural landscape， the shoulder and lower body with design of flowers；signed on base Yabu Meizan was born as the second son of the painter Yabu Choei in Osaka in 1853. In 1880 he established a studio decorating Satsuma ware for export， buying pottery blanks from makers like Chin Jukan of Kagoshima and Kinkozan of Kyoto. He travelled a number of times to Europe and America to attend expositions to conduct market research. In 1885 he won a bronze medal at the fourteenth Kyoto Exhibition and in 1904 and 1910 he won gold medals in St Louis and London. His works were marketed abroad through traders like Yamanaka Shokai and Samurai Shokai of Yokohama. The delicacy of his landscapes， flower， and figure paintings sets him above other Satsuma ware artists.