A circular satsuma box and a satsuma koro (incense burner)


By Kinkozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryEach decorated in enamels and gilt, the cover of the box with a lobed panel enclosing an outdoor scene of families at leisure reserved on cobalt-blue ground of whorl and geometric motifs, the interior of the box and cover with tea ceremony utensils, signed on the base Kinkozan, 2.6cm x 11cm (1in x 4¼in); the second an incense burner with two wide rectangular panels depicting on one a mother playing with her children in a garden and shrubs of flowering peonies in the other, the en-suite reticulated cover surmounted by a finial in the form of a leafy branch, signed on the base Kinkozan, 5.2cm (2in) high. (4).