A signed Japanese Satsuma vase. Taisho period, circa 1920s, The baluster earthenware vase with a short broad neck, having shaped reserves enclosing red crested cranes in peony gardens, painted in enamels in a predominantly rose, purple and emerald palette with white highlights, interspersed with chrysanthemum blooms; floral borders to the neck and base over a cream crackled ground; signed to body. Height 31.5 cm