A large rectangular Satsuma vase. Kyoto. Late 19th century

A large rectangular Satsuma vase. Kyoto. Late 19th century

Finely painted in enamels and gold to each side with ladies and children in a garden with azaleas and blossoming trees, an autumn landscape with peasants and oxen, a large crowd in a temple compound at cherry blossom time and wildgeese and autumn grasses, shikishi-shaped panels filled with brocade patterns to the foot and shoulder. Signed at the base Dai Nihon Kyoto tôjiki gôshi kaisha, logo of the Yasuda Company and Okamoto Ryôzan.
Height 37.2 cm