A large Chinese Satsuma egg, early 20th century, with Royal Satsuma mark, painted to two shaped reserves with identical figural narrative scenes set in landscapes, in rich colours with textured highlights in gold and enamels and united by bright floral brocaded borders with Art Nouveau gold swirls upon a black ground finely decorated with petite turquoise dots; iron red stamp with Chinese characters to lower body. Height 23.5 cm