A pair of Japanese Fukagawa studio vases, Meiji period, circa 1890s, of baluster form, richly decorated with birds and peonies in underglaze blue, against an iron red ground, with other overglaze enamels and gilding. The base of each with a three-character mark 'Fukagawa zo' beneath the Fukagawa Mt Fuji pictographic mark. 26 cm high, 20 cm diameter,