A large Japanese pair of Kyoto Satsuma vases Taizan Yohei, Meiji period, circa 1880's, of flaring flower-form section, with vertical bands of decoration alternating between diaper brocade designs and scrolling flowers, with three separate horizontal registers of decoration, dragons to the centre and chrysanthemums to the upper and lower register., the base is marked with a six character inscription 'Dai Nihon Taizan sei', 39 cm high, 19 cm at widest point