Two Satsuma vessels


Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryEach decorated in enamels and gilt, the first a model of chick hatching from one egg and surrounded by five others resting on top of a large lotus, the eggs painted with different designs including one showing several karako (Chinese boys) learning calligraphy from a scholar, another with several differently-shaped cartouches enclosing Chinese figures and flowers and a third with many overlapping brocades of assorted designs, unsigned, 7cm x 7.4cm x 10.7cm (2¾in x 2 7/8in x 4¼in); the second a teapot decorated around the body with an interior domestic scene of a gathering of women and children, the detachable cover in the form of a chrysanthemum blossom, signed on the base Dozan, 8cm x 11cm (3 1/7in x 4¼in). (3).