We love this antique grand feline!
In lovely condition but with extensive crazing of the glaze due to its age.
Stands 320 mm high.
Satsuma ware is a type of Japanses pottery originally from Satsuma Provence. The elaborately decorated export Satsuma ivory-bodied pieces began to be produced in the nineteenth century in various Japanese cities. By adapting their gilded polychromatic enamel overglaxe designs to appeal to the tastes of western consumers, manufacturers of the made Satsuma ware one of the most recognized and profitable export products of the Meiji Period, (1868 - 1912)