A Japanese Satsuma ware vase,Meiji period (1868-1912), by Okamoto Ryozan, the globular body rising to a flared mouth, finely decorated in enamels and gilt with figures flying kites, or birds and flowers in shaped panels, surrounded by scrolling flowers against a midnight-blue ground, signed on the base Ryozan with the Yasuda Company trade mark,9.5cm highMinute chips and enamel losses to foot rim. Minor gilt losses.