JAPANESE SATSUMA YAKI EARTHENWARE SCALLOPED BOWL,Meiji Period, "Hotoda" mark. The interior with a shaped reserve enclosing Mt. Fuji in a distance surrounded by birds and flowering branches in riverscape with pagoda and junks; the exterior with three fan-shaped reserves enclosing a similar decoration - 11 3/4 in. diam. Estimate $800-1,000
PROVENANCE: Estate of William and Dorothy Nichols, wedding present received in 1918, Washington, D.C.
