MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURYThe elegant baluster body delicately painted with two large panels enclosing beauties and children in luxuriant gardens, and two men engaged in conversation behind them; the figures wearing elegant garments richly decorated with gilt; the reverse with chickens amongst chrysanthemums, morning glories, daisies, wisteria and other flowers, with two fanciful birds in flight above, one with long tail feathers; all reserved on a navy-blue ground embellished with dense brocade patterns featuring dragons and ho-o birds in gilt and polychrome enamels, the base with an impressed mark and a gilt seal, both reading Kinkozan zo, 23.3cm.