Japanese Satsuma Tripod Gourd Form Censer with 100 Arhats by Marked with Shimazu Family Crest
Product ID: A2400-122
$3,495.00
About this piece
A scalloped lid, a pierced cap, and a hundred tiny scholars in gold.
This Satsuma tripod gourd-form censer was made in Japan in the 19th century, and the record gives it as porcelain. The title says it is decorated with 100 arhats, the Buddhist saints and disciples often shown in Satsuma ware. A broad, lobed body rests on tiny feet, and a raised domed cover is pierced with fine slots and topped with a small knob. Rows of figures in red, blue and green are picked out in gold across the cream ground.
About three inches high and four across. Miniature in scale and enormous in detail.
