   Satsuma faience: dish and two vases Centre — Large dish of middle period Satsuma faience, of cold buff- tinted pate, covered with a bright varnish, crackled. Internally, this fine piece is decorated in a peculiarly bold manner, with a large drawing of the mythical Ho-ho, whose wings and tail feathers are so disposed as to form almost a complete circle round the head and body, and with a quaint zigzag and fringe border round the rim. Externally, it is simply decorated with severe borders and conventional details. Diameter: 18 inches. Left and right — Pair of vases of late period Satsuma faience, of light buff- tinted pate, covered with crackled glaze. The decoration of these vases is of the richest and boldest description, consisting of flowers, foliage, rice ears, birds, and borders and fringes of conventional ornamentation, painted in a most artistic style in bright colours and gold. The rice ears are in slight relief, and gilded. Height: 21½ inches. Lithograph, by Bauer, published 1875.
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