Small Japanese Satsuma jug bearing the mark for Kinkosan.
Sandra Andacht's book 'Treasury of Satsuma' shows, in plate 85, a very similar piece that is dated to 1885, during the Meiji period. ...click for details
Wonderfully decorated using raised enamels (including touches of goso blue) and gilding to depict a meeting of several rakan (arhats) and their retainers at the steps of a palace.
This is a superb Japanese Satsuma cabinet plate, 9.5 inches (24 cms) in diameter.
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