A Satsuma bottle vaseMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
With a globular body and slender neck flaring out to the rim and decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt with numerous deities and their accouterments, the nek painted with hiten (Buddhist angels) below a band of scrolling vines punctuated by Satsuma and Tokugawa family crests, and geometric borders, signed on the underside Dai Nihon Teikoku [] bijutsuhin seiga Satsuma Kinkodo Baigetsu ga and with the Shimazu family crest
7 3/8in (18.7cm) high