A small Satsuma bowl
By Hozan, Meiji period (late 19th century)
Painted in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear, crackled glaze decorated in the interior with a beauty, her attendant and two boys strolling in a garden, the interior rim painted with a lozenge band, the exterior with clusters of chrysanthemum heads, signed in gilt Hozan and with the Shimazu family crest
4 1/4in (10.7cm)
