A substantial Japanese Satsuma vase and cover, Meiji period, C.1890, the main design of Buddhist arhats with side adornments of porcelain modelled ties in gilt gold and the base decorated with roundels, the lid decorated with a Shishi (Fo-dog) finial, this vase would presumbly to be for display at one of the world exhibitions, the vase 90.5 cm high, the base 18.8 cm high. Provenance: Ex- private collection Melbourne, purchased in Japan in 1944