Description: PAIR OF JAPANESE SATSUMA BOTTLE VASES, SIGNED DAI NIPPON CHOSHU ZAN SATSUMA KUNI HOSEI-IN NOBUNARI HO, 19TH CENTURY each one decorated with Rakan below a molded white dragon, the necks with two Satsuma mon, the bottom of each signed 'Dai Nippon Choshu-zan Satsuma Kuni Hosei-in Nobunari Ho', approx. h: 7.25 in.; together with a similar smaller example, the bottom signed 'Dai Nippon Choshu Zan Satsuma Kuni Kinkoku-Saku Munakata-ga', approx. h: 4.75 in. (3)
Provenance: Collection of Sue Singleton Bloxom and the late M.T. Bloxom, Smithfield, Va.