A Japanese Satsuma ware vase,Meiji period (1868-1912), the tapering body rising to a broad flat shoulder, finely decorated in enamels and gilt with monkeys fighting for a cart of vegetables, the body painted with a continuous scene of numerous kinds of blossom florets including chrysanthemum, morning glory and peony, between bands of foliate and geometric motifs, signed Shizan to the base,9cm highMinor gilt losses and surface scratches.