A rounded baluster Satsuma vase


By Matsumoto Hozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt, the body with two lobed panels enclosing a middle-class lady and daughter at leisure in a garden on a summer evening and several samurai at battle on the other separated by overlapping fans of various sizes decorated with contrasting designs floating above waves, the shoulder with densely clustered autumnal flowerheads, the foot with a band of heart-shaped panels enclosing wave patterns alternating with hanabishi shippo-zunagi (flowery-diamond linked-jewels) beneath another band of maple leaves strewn on a meandering stream; signed on the base with a seal Dai Nihon Kyoto Matsumoto Hozan beneath the Yasuda Company trade mark. 17cm (6 5/8in) high.