A Japanese Kutani Ware covered urn, Meiji period (1868-1912), 1890s, richly decorated in polychrome and gold enamelling, vignettes of Chinese court scenes separated by elaborate curtains, a child dancing freely amongst blossoms in spring whilst an Imperial white elephant grazes nearby, the reverse showing the opposing winter season of a beauty in the snow, raised on three legs, the handles either side moulded as two phoenix, the cover with scrolling grass and floral design and finial shaped as a Shishi in gold, signed underside in red Dai Nippon Kutani Watano Seizo, 40 cm high, 30 cm wide