Rare satsuma figure of the goddess Benzaiten, Japan, c. 1900, ivory porcelain(Nagoya satsuma) with enamel colours and opulent gold decoration, the Japanese form of the Indian Sarasvati holds the lute(biwa) in her left hand as patroness of the arts and wears the robe of the Tang period decorated with flowers and bundles of clouds, imperceptible touching up at the neck, signed nishisatsumazou, 15x5cm