AN EARTHENWARE TÊTE-A-TÊTE, MEIJI PERIOD, SIGNED DAI NIHON SATSUMA KOKU KINYA SEI IN BLUE, comprised of a teapot, creamer, two handled sugar bowl and cover, and two cups and saucers, each piece richly enamelled with arhats in landscapes, in fitted box; an earthenware jar and cover, the sides decorated with flowering sakura branches in rectangular panels on a deep brown ground with scattered buttflies and decorative roundels--11 in. high; a tall earthenware vase, the eight-sides decorated with a continuous scene of arhats in landscape, Satsuma mon and apsara on shoulder--18 in. high