A pair of small slender Satsuma vases


By Bizan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt, each vase with two large panels, depicting similar scenes, one enclosing a courtier and his attendant among hagi (bush clover) on the banks of Noji no Tamagawa (the Crystal River in Noji), the other depicting a Heian-period princess and attandant in a garden beside thatched buildings, on a ground of overlapping brocade; each vase signed on the base in gilt Bizan within a square seal. Each vase 11.5cm (4½in) high. (2).