A Satsuma bowl and a Satsuma vase


Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe first a lobe-rimmed bowl, decorated in enamels and gilt with twelve floral roundels of assorted size scattered over the interior cream ground, each representing seasonal flowers including trailing fronds of fuji (wisteria), susuki (pampas grass), hagi (bush clover), kiku (chrysanthemum), white and red ume (plum), botan (peony) and asagao (morning glory), the exterior with a tight arrangement of shippo-zunagi (linked-jewels), signed on the base in gilt Dai Nihon Satsumayaki Yuzan tsukuru, 7cm x 18.5cm (2¾in x 7¼in); the second an ovoid vase, decorated in enamels and gilt with a wide band of densely clustered fanciful and stylised chrysanthemum heads covering half of the crackled cream body, the neck similarly decorated with stylised flowers enclosed within an undulating band, signed in gilt just above the foot Kashida with a seal, 19.5cm (7 5/8in) high. (2).