A PAIR OF SATSUMA VASES each with twin mythical beast head handles and flaring neck and foot decorated in various coloured enamels and gilt with shaped panels of ho-o in flight and cranes among pine on a ground of flowerheads and meandering streams within formal borders of stiff leaves, scrolling foliage and geometric patterns, signed Satsuma yaki (minute chip to rim of one, minor gilt rubbing), 19th century