A LARGE JAPANESE GOSU SATSUMA VASE MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY Of flattened rhomboid form and typically painted in thick blue enamels, gilt and polychrome, two sides decorated with many peonies, chrysanthemum and maple branches issuing from behind a screen, the reverse with further blooms emerging from behind a fence and with tasselled curtains above, the shoulder and neck richly decorated with formal designs and brocade patterns, the base inscribed Satsuma yaki , 28cm.