RYOKUZANA Satsuma Large Deep BowlMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt, the interior well with a circular panel enclosing women and children at leisure beside flowering shrubs on the shores of a lake, one woman reading, surrounded by attentive children, a snow-capped Mount Fuji looming in the distance, bordered by a wide band of repeated foliate andhanabishi-mon (flowery-diamond crests), the exterior with a densely clustered band ofkiku-mon (chrysanthemum crests) interwoven amongkarakusa ('Chinese grasses') andmitsu-domoe (threema motif) above scattered fern floating on a stylised stream on a blue ground; signed on the baseDai Nihon Ryokuzan zo within akoro-shaped cartouche.8.7cm x 18.7cm (3 3/8in x 7 3/8in).