A COMPRESSED EARTHENWARE VASE, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KINZOZAN ZO, of compressed disc form with flattened sides set on a splayed foot and with short, waisted neck, painted in gilt and colored enamels on a cobalt blue ground accented with gilt flowers and butterflies or flower scroll with heart-shaped reserves of warriors or ladies around the shoulders, and with a frieze of groups of women and samurai seated in interiors set on a cream ground highlighted with gilt clouds, signed in gilt on the base--7in. high