A matching pair of ovoid Satsuma vases


By Meizan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt, each with two rectangular panels, one depicting a winding procession of courtiers, retainers and attendants beneath flowering cherry blossoms, the other with a flock of small birds flying above stalks of irises, separated by trailing wisteria on a foliate ground; each vase signed on the base Kyoto Meizan. Each 14cm (5½in) high. (2).