As part of our oriental collection we are delighted to offer this extremely fine quality early Meiji period Japanese Satsuma koro, this large earthenware koro is most unusual having been manufactured in Tokyo and not from one of the more commonly known Kyoto factorys , this was painted from a blank long before the advent of Satsuma wares being mass produced for the export market , the finely painted panels depict numerous scenes as seen in the multi photos , interestingly the artist has chosen to use Chinese influence subject matter on some of the panels , he has also cleverly captured swimming fish and other scenes behind lace quality porcelain netting , as with other early period artists like Meizan (not Yabu) the enamels are thickly applied and the colours very vibrant, the super quality heavy silver lid fits like a glove and we have no doubt is original to the piece.We firmly attributed this piece to a Tokyo artist called Naruse Seishi but for further assurance we contacted Lo...