A small slender Satsuma vase


By Kinkozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt with a continuous design of a flowering maple tree with its branches trailing and diagonally spreading across the body, the neck encircled with an elaborate band of leafy white stems, the foot with a narrow band of shippo-zunagi (linked-jewels), all reserved on a gold ground; signed on the base in gilt Kinkozan tsukuru within a seal. 18.5cm (7¼in) high.