Monumental pair Japanese satsuma vases circa 1860-1910
baluster-form urns decorated with cartouches adorned with elaborate figural reserves on extensive ornately painted ground depicting landscape and flanked gilt Foo lion handles; marked: Kin.
H32"

Provenance : Jay and Katherine Gould estate, New York
Knisley collection, Roanoke, Virginia
Mary Richardson, Roanoke, Virginia
James and Hazel Richardson
descended to present owner through inheiritance.

Literature: Schiffer, Nancy N. JAPANESE EXPORT CERAMICS, 1860-1920. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 2000. pp.154-8