A FINE AND RARE SATSUMA PLATE BY KINKOZAN DEPICTING COCKERELS, CHERRY BLOSSOMS, SPARROWS AND BAMBOOSatsuma ceramic Japan, late 19th – early 20th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)The plate is decorated with dense gold floral enamels on a cobalt-blue ground with one square and one rectangular panel with finely painted depictions. The square panel with a beautifully painted cockerel with two chicks below a blossoming cherry tree. Cockerels by the Kinkozan studio are quite rare and certainly one of the most sought-after motifs by the artist. The long rectangular reserve with four sparrows in flight, two of them fighting, below a leafy stalk of bamboo. The rim gilt with a geometrical and floral pattern and the outside of plain cobalt-blue color. Signed in gold on the underside KINKOZAN zo.Shape: Plate with a circular footDimensions: Diameter 22.4 cmCondition: Mint conditionProvenance: American private collectionAuction result comparison: A large baluster vase depicting cockerels in a reserve on a cobalt-blue ground by the Kinkozan studio was sold at Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, London, 9 November 2017, lot 266