A tall hexagonal Satsuma vase


By Kinkozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated predominantly in gilt and enamels, each face of the body depicting a different figure scene including middle-class ladies and children gathered inside a mansion, armour-clad warriors discussing strategy before battle in a field and courtiers and retainers watching a dance in front of a manmaku (ceremonial curtain), the neck with six roundels enclosing stylized flower heads; signed on the base with three seals Kyoto Awata Kinkozan tsukuru. 41cm (16 1/8in) high.