Six miniature Satsuma vases


Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th /early 20th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt, comprising a slender rectangular pair, each with two panels, one enclosing the domestic scene of a middle-class family gathering inside a house, the other with Chinese courtiers strolling along the seashore, each signed on the base Dai Nihon Satsuma bijutsu, each 8cm (3 1/8in) high; the third a baluster vase with two circular panels, one with a mother and two boys in a garden, the other with autumnal foliage, signed on the base with a seal Koiwa, 9cm (3½in) high; the fourth a slender vase decorated with butterflies hovering among trailing wisteria, signed on the base in gilt Hotoda tsukuru, affixed to a wood stand, 11cm (4¼in) high including stand; the fifth and sixth a pair of baluster vases, each similarly decorated with minute butterflies among purple, pink and blue trailing wisteria around the body, each signed on the base Kinzan, each vase 4cm (1 5/8in) high. (6).