A pair of Satsuma vases with scroll handles painted and gilt with panels of ladies and children at leisure and sprays of chrysanthemums -- 4in. high; a pair of hexagonal vases with figures in interiors on a ground of stylised flowerheads and leaves -- 3½in. high; a vase with a moulded coiled dragon to the neck decorated with rakan in a river landscape -- 6in. high; a further vase with egrets among grasses and ladies and children on terraces -- 5in. high; and a Kutani teapot and cover, milk jug and a teabowl, all painted and gilt with officials and cranes in rocky landscapes -- the teapot 3in. high. (9)

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A pair of Satsuma vases with scroll handles painted and gilt with panels of ladies and children at leisure and sprays of chrysanthemums -- 4in. high; a pair of hexagonal vases with figures in interiors on a ground of stylised flowerheads and leaves -- 3½in. high; a vase with a moulded coiled dragon to the neck decorated with rakan in a river landscape -- 6in. high; a further vase with egrets among grasses and ladies and children on terraces -- 5in. high; and a Kutani teapot and cover, milk jug and a teabowl, all painted and gilt with officials and cranes in rocky landscapes -- the teapot 3in. high. (9)

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