A FINE JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD SATSUMA POTTERY LUCKY GOD GLOBULAR VASE BY HOZAN - the vase finely decorated with scenes of the lucky gods of good fortune, with deer, cranes, treasure sack, koi carp and other, the gods pictured around a samurai warrior and female figure, with floral & gilded border decoration, the base with a black & gilt signature seal for "Hozan Tsukuru" and clan mon, 10cm x 9.5cm wide. provenance: ex sotheby's Japanese works of art 1990.