JAPAN, Meiji era (1868-1912) - Lot 12

JAPAN, Meiji era (1868-1912) Satsuma earthenware tripod incense burner, globular with two handles, decorated with women in landscapes inside two large medallions, on a midnight-blue background with a gilded motif of prunus flowers, enameled "Kusube" mark (for the Kusube Ceramic Export Factory) under the base. H. approx. 14 cm LDM Accident to the lid, restoration to one of the handles. Provenance: collection formed in Indochina by the great-grandparents and grandparents of the current owner, namely André Crochet (arrived in Annam in 1888) and his wife, as well as Juliette Renault (née Crochet) and Philippe Oreste Renault (1881-1934), Director of Offices in the Cochinchine government and Prefect of Saigon. Works preserved and passed down in the family since 1935.