KINKOZANA Satsuma DishMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFinely decorated in enamels and gilt, the central reserve in the form of a butterfly with a cockerel and hen in a flowering garden filled with cherry blossom, peony, rose, chrysanthemum, wisteria, dandelion, Chinese bellflower, hibiscus, and lilac, all on a cobalt-blue ground with stylised flowers withkarakusa ('Chinese grasses') scrolls, signedKyoto Kinkozan seizo; with an unrelated wood stand.21.5cm (8½in) diam. (2).