Meiji eraAn oviform vase with opposing panels of ladies beside a river and before a house reserved on a dense ground of gilt flowers and foliage on blue glaze, signed Kusube, 18.5cm high; a hexagonal baluster vase with two panels of ladies in the countryside reserved on gilt ground of diaper and flowers spaced by roundels on blue glaze, signed, 24.5cm high; a third vase with twin mask-and-hoop handles decorated with chrysanthemums on a trellis, formal borders at shoulder and foot, signed Satsuma, 23.5cm high; a circular box and cover enamelled with a landscape with butterflies and blossoms to the sides, signed Satsuma, 12.7cm diameter; a miniature teapot and cover with a panel of figures and ducks among reeds, signed (handle lacking), 9.5cm diameter; together with a blue and white Imari bowl with tri-lobed rim painted to the interior with rocks in waves surrounded by a kirin, shishi and horse, apocryphal Jiajing six-character mark. 14cm diameter (8).