Pair of Satsuma earthenware and gilt bronze lamps, circa 1880, LS4583841

Pair of lamps in fine Satsuma earthenware, predominantly gold and gilded bronze. Ovoid shape surmounted by a collar in white cartridges on a golden background, decorated with butterflies and children. Openwork and gilded bronzes in an eclectic style.

Japanese and French work made circa 1880.

! The price indicated does not include that of the lampshade. However, our workshop can advise you with pleasure and make it according to your choice of size and color (to be requested)!

Satsuma earthenware appears in the 16th century in Japan on the territory of Satsuma. This type of ceramic is characterized by a great diversity of object shapes that evolves according to the times and the kilns used. There are two types of Satsuma: the white-bottomed Satsumas and the black-bottomed Satsumas, more widely used for the tea ceremony or for storing certain liquids, such as alcohol. The potters of Satsuma developed around 1800 the technique of polychrome enamels of orange-red color and quickly integrated gold highlights, which gave rise to the most famous production of Satsuma called "Brocade of gold" which would be widely produced for the exported during the Meiji period (1868-1912). The decorative repertoire of these pieces is both inspired by the Kano school of painting in the representation of plants, animals and the human figure, while being added to fairly abstract geometric patterns. The composition of the pieces is often very busy, leaving little free space and playing on the accumulation of polychrome enamels and gilded highlights to bring a certain character of richness to the piece. Japanese pieces were exhibited for the first time on a large scale in the West during the Universal Exhibition in 1867 and the success of Satsuma ceramics was no longer in doubt during the 1878 edition as they were omnipresent. Satsuma ceramics are still produced today, respecting the tradition and quality that have made Satsuma one of the major references in Japanese ceramics.

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