A slender tapering vase with short everted neck and spreading foot, painted and gilt with shaped panels depicting an Immortal seated on the back of a karashishi surrounded by numerous karako and ladies on the terrace of a pavilion watching further Immortals playing musical instruments on a boat, all on a ground of warrior panels within borders of butterflies in flight, dense flowerheads, monkeys and geometric designs -- 6¼in. (15.8cm.) high, signed Meizan sei.