A deep Satsuma bowl


By Kaizan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt, the interior painted with three roundels enclosing different figure scenes, one of middle-class ladies gathered inside a mansion, the second depicting karako (Chinese boys) gathering around a maple tree on the shores of a lake and the last showing Chinese generals and dignitaries inside a palace, all reserved on a ground of sparrows in flight among seasonal flowers, the exterior with four rectangular panels depicting further figure scenes including travellers along a roadside, a geisha entertaining samurai clients and a domestic interior scene with middle-class ladies and children; signed on the base in gilt Kaizan sei within a rectangular seal. 6.4cm x 11.5cm (2½in x 4½in).