Stunning Antique Early 20th C Taisho Satsuma Bowl with 4 Cups Marked Bizan

This is a stunning early 20th century antique Japanese Taisho period (1912 - 1926) large Satsuma bowl together with 4 cups. The pieces are finely painted, with the bowl depicting highly detailed peacocks on a rocky outcropping below a sakura tree, and 3 cups depicting a pair of flying birds and flowers against a landscape scene, with the 4th cup bearing a different pattern with flowers only. The bowl and cups with a Bizan mark under the Shimazu family crest.

The bowl measures approximately 8 5/8" (21.9 cm) in diameter by 3 1/2" (8.89 cm) high, while the cups measure approximately 3 3/4" (9.5 cm) in diameter by 1 3/4" (4.44 cm) high.

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