Object Description
This wonderful late 19th Century Japanese satsuma ware vase is bulbous in form and has two main decorative panels. The first depicting noble ladies and children at the waters edge and the second, an interior displaying vases, floral displays and a beautiful screen, (art within the art) with women and children playing.
The panels on a rich, dark blue ground. Geometric gold patterns border the base and the neck alongside foliage and maple leaves.