A FINE SATSUMA PLATE BY KINKOZAN DECORATED WITH A SNIPE AMONGST BLOSSOMSSatsuma 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 a fan shaped panel decorated with a snipe amongst dense bushels of grasses and flowers. The rim gilt with a geometrical and floral pattern and the outside of plain cobalt-blue color. Signed in gold on the underside KINKOZAN zo.Shape: Plate with a circular footDimensions: Diameter 22.3 cmCondition: Mint conditionProvenance: American private collection