A Japanese Satsuma vase, Taisho or early Showa period, heavily potted with a strong shoulder supported on a short foot rim and raising to a flaring mouth, the body of plain design with a clear and crackle glaze, between two bands of blossomed paulownia and of floral brocade, near the brocade inscribed vertically, 'The Women's Association in Kakoshima', the neck with decorative border, inscribed 'Satsuma, Tanoura, made by Keida' to the base, 32.8 cm high