A PAIR OF SATSUMA OVIFORM VASES decorated in coloured enamels and gilt on a deep blue ground, the sides with shaped panels variously depicting bijin seated among irises in a river landscape, walking before shop fronts, in conversation and drinking tea, the panels reserved on a ground of stylized flowerheads, foliage and geometric designs, Satsuma mon, signed Shuzan, late 19th Century.