A signed Kutani platter in the Satsuma style, Meiji period (1868-1912), the oval-shaped platter on porcelain, delicately painted with overlapping shaped reserves of figural scenes set within pavilions and landscape settings, with brocaded borders, myriads of cranes in flight and gilt floral scrolling designs; kutani character marks underside, signed Taniguchi Sei. Length 37 cm, width 29 cm