A Japanese Satsuma Urn with Cover

Meiji period (1868-1912), a wide mouth urn quietly decorated with a serene narrative of a goddess and a boat man in a river landscape, the urn body is flanked with playful foo lion handles, the urn is held up by three of the same style foo lions over a circular base, the cover has concentric layers of lotus blossom petals and is surmounted by the another playful foo lion with legs up into the air, unmarked.

18 1/2 x 12 x 8 1/2 in.

From the Estate of the late Lynette G. Totten, Butner, North Carolina

Firing hairlines to underside of urn; scattered scuffs and losses to foo lions, rim, and lid; scattered firing cracks to whole; break and repair to one leg and loss to another of one lion handle; consistent gilt rubbing; small nicks to underside of lid.