A Satsuma vase Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) early 20th century The compressed ovoid body set on a splayed foot, the slender neck finishing in an everted mouth decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt with three large shaped panels containing a bird on a blossoming branch, a group of people engaged in New Year's activities, and a landscape with a fishing boat, all against a dense ground of chrysanthemums, the neck painted with trailing wisteria below a floral-lozenge band, the foot with scrolling vines and a geometric band below stands of irises, signed in gilt Yabu Meizan 7 3/8in (18.7cm) high