A trumpet-shaped Satsuma vase
By Yabu Meizan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFinely decorated in enamels and gilt, the tall flared neck decorated with four elongated lobed panels, each with a different scene representing one of the four seasons comprising (1) A snow-covered mountainous lakescape (2) A hojiro (meadow bunting) foraging for food benath trailing maple branches (3) Sailing boats in the distance, a shrine nestled beneath pine on rocks in the foreground (4) A tsugumi (dusky thrush) in flight among cherry branches, all reserved on a dense millefleur ground between narrow bands of repeated foliate and geometric motifs, signed on the base Yabu Meizan within a gilt seal; with a wood storage box. 19.5cm (7 5/8in) high. (2).