A Satsuma ovoid vase
By Ryuzan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt, the body with two rectangular panels enclosing in one an outdoor scene of women and children enjoying the hanami (cherry blossom-viewing) season on the shores of a lake and a group of elegantly clad women and children sitting down to tea in a room overlooking a garden in the other, all on a blue ground of birds swimming in water; signed on the base in gilt within a rectangular reserve Ryuzan zo. 16.5cm (6?in) high.