A JAPANESE MINIATURE SATSUMA VASE BY RANZAN MEIJI PERIOD

A JAPANESE MINIATURE SATSUMA VASE BY RANZAN

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The baluster body decorated in gilt and polychrome with two large shaped panels enclosing many people in a street to one side, one man being carried in a palanquin, the reverse with two groups of soldiers about to get into battle, on a densely painted ground of brocade patterns, the base signed Ranzan in a square reserve, 9.3cm.