Antique Japanese Satsuma Ware Coffee Pot Bijin Figures Wisteria Shishi Finial Meiji Shogiban Print 22"H x 12"W

Print 22"H x 12"W

There are tagane ato around the nakago indicating it was most certainly affixed to a sword

after the family business was lost in the upheaval marking the end of the Tokugawa period

money and other precious items it is made throughout of solid Kiri wood (paulownia) front and case

Antique Japanese Satsuma Ware Coffee Pot Bijin Figures Wisteria Shishi Finial Meiji Shogiban Print 22"H x 12"WJapanese Satsuma Ware Coffee Pot Bijin Figures Wisteria Shishi Finial Meiji Japan, Meiji period, c. 18681912 Approx. 8 in. H (20 cm); Weight: A generously proportioned Satsuma ware () coffee pot or hot water jug, the wide globular body covered in the characteristic warm ivory crackle glaze and decorated in the polychrome overglaze enamel and gilt style that made Meiji Satsuma one of the most celebrated Japanese export ceramics of its era. The base