A pair of ovoid Satsuma vases


By Ryuun Fuzan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt, each vase painted on the body with two long rectangular panels enclosing two different figure scenes, identical on each vase, one showing a family of a mother and children enjoying the outdoors during the hanami (cherry-blossom-viewing) season, the young girl playing with a den-den daiko (pellet drum) with her infant brother; the other panel depicting middle-class ladies gathered inside a mansion engaged in elegant pursuits such as painting and calligraphy, all reserved on a cobalt-blue ground decorated with assorted foliage; each vase signed in gilt on the base Ryuun Fuzan within a seal. Each vase 25cm (9 7/8in) high. (2).