Antique Japanese Miniature Satsuma Squat Teapot

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A finely decorated Antique Japanese Miniature Satsuma Squat Teapot decorated in traditional colors with figures in reserves surrounded by brocade patterns.
Butterflies on the base. The base signed Dai Nippon Satsuma Made Meiji Period 2″ height 3 1/2″ diameter
Mark:薩摩焼, Satsuma-yak

Satsuma ware is a style of Japanese earthenware originally from the Satsuma region of what is today southern Kyushu.

Condition: no chips cracks to the body // a hair line crack to top surface of the lid visible under close-up photography

Alabama Estate

Japan 19th c.H: 2"W: 3.5"D: 3.5"Reference number: cr261