A large impressive Satsuma vase By Ryozan, Meiji Period  The body intricately and finely enamelled and gilt with contrasting figural and kacho-e images enclosed within four lobed panels, one depicting an outdoor leisurely scene of families enjoying the maple leaf viewing season, another of women and children picking plants by a stream, separated by quail among millet and exotic long-tailed birds perched on plum branches; the shoulder and foot with overlapping fans; signed
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