Owari ware: vases
A — Vase, of modern Owari porcelain, of fine quality, made by Rokubei, richly decorated with gold dragons and diaper work, in coloured enamels and gold, round the neck and base. On the body is painted a very favourite Japanese figure subject, in which a richly dressed personage, probably a nobleman, is represented walking in the moonlight, amidst flowers, and playing the flute, while an assassin steals upon his unsuspecting victim. Height: 11 inches.
B B — Pair of modern Owari porcelain flower vases, of European shape, decorated with figures of poetesses. The necks and stands are relieved with diaper and other conventional designs. Height: 12 inches. These pieces were manufactured by Kato Gantaro, of Seto, and painted in Tokyo, by the school of porcelain painters established there.
Lithograph, by Leveil, published 1875.