Satsuma Koro, Meiji period, c. 1900, decorated in various coloured enamels and gilt, with panels enclosing figures and flowers, reserved on a ground of dense geometric and floral motifs, signed 'Kinkozan, height 11 cm. Provenance: Property of a Lady, Sarah J. Conger Nee Pike, wife of the American Ambassador in china, c. 1898-1905, thence by descent. Private Collection Sydney (by repute)