A FINE SATSUMA PLATE BY KINKOZAN WITH BLOSSOMS, BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIESSatsuma ceramicJapan, late 19th – early 20th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)The plate is decorated with dense gold floral enamels on a cobalt-blue ground with one rectangular and square panel with finely painted depictions. The long rectangular reserve with a small bird sitting below a blossoming tree and watching a spray of water flowing out of a fountain. The other square reserve with a butterfly above a dense bush of flowers. The rim gilt with a geometrical and floral pattern and the outside of plain cobalt-blue color. Signed with an impressed seal KINKOZAN zo.Shape: Plate with a circular footDimensions: Diameter 22.5 cmCondition: Mint conditionProvenance: American private collection