Description: JAPANESE SATSUMA CERAMIC PLATES, LOT OF TWO, comprising one with images of women beneath a maple tree, having cobalt border, with mark having Shimazu crest symbol and gilt characters on red ground mark within a rectangle on base, and one with beautiful image of people on bridges surrounded by wisteria, having gilt characters on black ground mark within a square on base, each with pleasant polychrome hand-painted enamel and intricate gilded decoration.