Kom - Meiji Satsuma Bowl by Meigado with Painted River Landscape and Shimazu Crest, c.1885–1905 - Keramiek

A finely painted Japanese Satsuma bowl with a continuous landscape interior, produced by the Meiji-period workshop Meigado and dating to around 1885–1905. Though small in scale, the bowl displays the refined enamel work, controlled palette and elegant crackled glaze associated with higher-quality late-Meiji export pieces. Signed beneath the underglaze blue Shimazu clan crest, it offers both decorative appeal and secure authorship.

The interior presents a flowing river landscape: steep marbled cliffs, trailing willows, tiled pavilions and a distant fortified town rising above soft golden clouds. The artist has used a gentle palette of blues, greens and ochres, defined with crisp black line work and restrained touches of raised gold. The exterior is adorned with scrolling floral arabesques and stylised chrysanthemum heads, all framed by a repeating decorative border at the rim. Displayed on a shelf or in a cabinet, the bowl reads as a compact but atmospheric example of late-Meiji Satsuma painting.

Maker: Meigado
Mark: Underglaze blue Shimazu mon above gilt three-character signature 明雅堂
Date: c.1885–1905, Meiji period

Diameter: 11.9 cm
Height: 5 cm
Weight: 187 g

The bowl survives in good antique condition. There is light, honest rubbing to the gilding around the rim, consistent with age and handling. A single small rim chip has been neatly restored, following the natural curve of the edge and remaining discreet in normal display. Under ultraviolet examination no further cracks, hairlines, in-painting or restoration are visible, and the glaze retains its fine, even crackle. Overall, this is a display-ready signed Satsuma bowl with clear workshop attribution and strong decorative quality.

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