A SATSUMA MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT carrying a squat-globular urn with shaped handles, painted in various coloured enamels and gilt with an assembly of Buddhist deities, warriors and sages, its saddle with a pattern of circle, star and fan shapes on a ground of stylized waves, echoed on the domed and pierced lid, the finial modelled as a karashishi, the elephant's body entirely decorated with gold polka dots (minor cracks on the finial), signed Satsuma Hododa below a Shimazu mon, 19th century