An Imperial baluster vase

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An Imperial baluster vase
with short neck, painted and gilt with a prunus tree beside chrysanthemums and daisies issuing from behind a brushwood fence, the neck with geometric and floral designs -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) high, signed Meigyoku; and a further Imperial vase with Daikoku and Ebisu seated before a table and chrysanthemums issuing from behind an awning, all on a dark blue ground -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, signed Satsuma sei Meigyoku.
See Colour Plate 2 and detail of signatures. (2)

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