A Japanese Satsuma reticulated vessel and cover, Kyoto Ryozan, Meiji period, 1868-1912 finely painted and enamelled with two shaped panels, the first with two bijin and their young attendants being served tea, enjoying the cherry blossom viewing before a river and mountainscape, the second with five children playing before a courtier and her attendants, the shoulder with a brocaded collar enamelled with flowerheads and diaper motifs, the cover with a chrysanthemum bud finial, firing fault to base, signed in gilt against a red reserve, Kyoto Ryozan, 14,5cm high