Satsuma had become an aesthetic term rather than denoting place. However, the personal styles of the leading painters was articulated through their skilful use of palette and brushwork. Amongst these ...

73.8 x 52.7 cm. (29.1 x 20.7 in.) ...

has admitted to selling a collector’s antique vase and pocketing the proceeds. Kuok Chio, 42, who had also given the collector a fake painting after accidentally destroying the original one ...