An Early 20thC Enamel Painted Japanese Satsuma Stoneware Charger sub-Mirrors & Lighting which played a large role

which played a large role in the future of Italian design in the period after War War II

A hand-written letter by a direct descendent of Cooper Penrose

having a central medallion flanked by tribal design

there are no flaws to report other than very light general wear commensurate with age to both the stand and shell

An Early 20thC Enamel Painted Japanese Satsuma Stoneware Charger sub-Mirrors & Lighting which played a large roleOrigin: Japanese Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 40 Diameter: 12 Height: 2 The Japanese stoneware satsuma charger, painted in bright enamels and a slip glaze depicting a red octopus or kraken being hunted by three frogs with pampas grass as spears, the octopus clutching a lily, to a spotted ground and patterned rim with clouds and lozenges, the whole surviving from the early twentieth century. In good overall order the charger