Antique Meiji Period Japanese Kyo-Satsuma Ceramic Scent Bottle with Flying Swallows French brass nacre glasses 2"W × 6"H

2"W × 6"H

This wall-mounted towel rack is a prime example of luxurious utilitarian design of the period

The typography and printing are period-appropriate

whose gardens at Malmaison inspired much of this very work

is as much a reason to own it as the story within

Antique Meiji Period Japanese Kyo-Satsuma Ceramic Scent Bottle with Flying Swallows French brass nacre glasses 2"W × 6"HLate 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