A pair of Satsuma cylindrical vases with mask handles painted and heavily gilt with panels of officials on terraces overlooking mountains and waterfalls, the reverses with birds on flowering branches, on a ground of ho-o roundels and floral designs (one vase with chip regilt to rim, crack to neck) -- 6¾in. high, signed.See Illustration. (2)

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