A globular Satsuma vase


Painted by Shozan for the Kinkozan Company, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt with a continuous design of sparrows in flight among trailing vines of purple and white wisteria, the shoulder embellished with chrysanthemum heads and stylised foilage strung on a thread on a gilt chrysanthemum clustered ground; signed in gilt on the base with partially obliterated signature Kinkozan tsukuru above Shozan. 12.2cm (4¾in) high.