Satsuma ware boasts over 400 years of ceramic production history in Satsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture. This pair of bowls vividly depicts a rooster surrounded by the “Four Gentlemen” (a collective term for bamboo, plum blossoms, chrysanthemums, and orchids), subjects common in Oriental painting, alongside sparrows flying amidst tangled autumn grasses. It is a splendidly luxurious work known as “Kinrande,” featuring colored glaze enhanced with gold decoration.

B-204: Bonsai pot with shikunshi (the Four Gentlemen: plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo) and rooster motifs in overglaze enamel.

B-205: Bonsai pot with autumn greenery and sparrow motifs in overglaze enamel.