A Japanese Satsuma vase, Meiji period (1868-1912) of baluster outline, decorated in enamels and gilt with lobed panels enclosing festivals, celebrations and the seasons, with figures at various pursuits, enclosed by chrysanthemums and brocaded decoration, the shoulders decorated with a continuous scene of dancing figures, within a gilt trellis border, the neck with geometric and foliate borders, signed in a gilt reserve 'Dai Nihon Kyotoshi Gioncho Shoun tsukuru' (Made by Shoun, Gion, Kyoto, in the Great Japan),40cm high