A JAPANESE GOSU SATSUMA VASE AND COVER BY HYOKOSEKI

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The baluster body richly decorated in gilt and blue, red and green enamels, with many chrysanthemum flowerheads on a dark navy-blue ground to the shoulder and foot, the central section with hibiscus blooms amongst leafy branches, the lid echoing the decoration and the knop painted with a sixteen-petal chrysanthemum, the base signed Dai Nihon Satsuma yaki Hyokoseki ga under the Shimazu mon and with old paper collection labels, 29.5cm. (2)