A Large Satsuma Earthenware Vase By Chikusai, Meiji Period (1868 - 1912) 62 cm of ovoid form with flared neck, the sides decorated in colours and gilding, one side with a panel of maidens and other figures in a landscape of lakeside pavilions with blossoming cherry trees and pines, the reverse with a group of women and children with attendants feeding birds in a lakeside setting beneath a blossoming cherry tree, all reserved on the dark blue ground gilt with a phoenix, flowerheads and diaper patterns, signed Dai Nihon Kyoto Awata Satsumayaki Chikusai no sei