Antique Meiji Period Japanese Kyo-Satsuma Ceramic Scent Bottle with Flying Swallows French brass nacre glasses 22"L × 1"W × 16

Antique Meiji Period Japanese Kyo-Satsuma Ceramic Scent Bottle with Flying Swallows French brass nacre glasses 22"L × 1"W × 16Late 19th to early 20th century Japanese Kyo Satsuma earthenware scent bottle. This spherical vanity flacon showcases a classic, finely crazed ivory ground, intricately hand painted with a lively scene of swallows sweeping through delicate bamboo leaves. The birds are rendered using meticulous moriage overglaze work, a traditional Japanese ceramic decorating technique where liquid clay or enamel is built up or piped onto a piece to create a three

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