A SMALL SATSUMA BOTTLE VASEBy Yabu Meizan, Meiji PeriodFinely painted with polychrome and gilt enamels against a pale crackles ground, depicting irises and butterflies below a reserved millefleurs design to the neck and shoulder,signed Yabu Meizan.15cm (5 7/8in) highFor further information on this lot please visit theCondition Report: General sign or rub and wear, minor firing imperfections and loss of gilt. Small restored areas around the mouth rim, the biggest approx. 2cm long. One glaze line inside the mouth with possibly a spot of retouch to the mid-length. Gilt a bit retouched.