A pair of small ovoid elongated Satsuma vases


By Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFinely decorated in enamels and gilt with a complementary design, each body with three horizontal bands each enclosing a different design, the upper section depicting women and children engaged in the processes of weaving cloth from hand-spinning thread to weaving on a loom, the central band with boats on a lake before distant mountains and a village in the foreground, the lower section painted with alternating spiral bands of chrysanthemums heads and butterflies, the foot and rim with a narrow band of repeated geometric patterns; each signed on the base with a gilt seal Yabu Meizan.Each vase 12cm (4¾in) high. (2).