A large pair of Satsuma baluster vases
By Taizan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryEach thickly potted, with galleried rim and waisted, angular shoulder above tapering sides, enamelled and gilt with a scene of quails amidst peonies and chrysanthemums on a bright blue ground, the shoulder and mouth with a luxuriant gilt brocaded border, the base signed. Each 62cm (24 3/8in) high (2).