  
Satsuma Faience: four vases A B — Pair of large vases of Late Period Satsuma faience, of light tinted pate, covered with a bright glaze, crackled, and most beautifully decorated with elaborate floral designs, which are good specimens of the skill of the Japanese artists in the arrangement of flowers and their treatment in decorative art. Round the base and bell are rich borders of open work. The whole of the ornamentation is executed with bright coloured enamels and gold. Height: 23½ inches. C — Vase of fine Middle Period Satsuma faience, of light tinted pate, covered with a thin waxy glaze, crackled. The decorations consist of golden pheasants, and flowers, boldly and artistically drawn, and brilliantly coloured. Height: 12 inches. D — Vase of Middle Period Satsuma faience, of vellum tinted pate, covered with a semi-dead varnish, crackled. This fine piece is elaborately decorated round the body with diaper patterns and floral sprays in compartments, medallions, and geometrical borders in full-toned enamel colours and gold. The bell neck is also elaborately ornamented with spiral bands and zones of diaper work and geometrical forms. The inside of the mouth is very richly painted with a deep fringe pattern. Height: 13 inches. Lithograph, by E. Spiegel, published 1875.
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