A Satsuma small baluster vase
By Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFinely decorated in enamels and gilt, the body with a wide central continuous landscape depicting sailing boats on a lake before distant mountains and a village with fishing boats and nets drying in the foreground, the shoulder with a flower-shaped panel enclosing closely clustered chrysanthemum blossoms, the foot with a narrow band of florets, the neck with a narrow band of repeated geometric patterns; signed on the base with a gilt seal Yabu Meizan. 9cm (3?in) high.
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Provenance:A private collection, acquired in the 1930s, thence by descent.