JAPANESE SATSUMA RETICULATED VASE.Meiji Period. Painted to depict three cartouches enclosing deities, geisha and dignitaries on floral ground - 12 in. high. Estimate $300-500
PROVENANCE: Estate of a Watergate, Washington, DC, gentleman
About 1 1/2 inch of the foot rim has been slightly ground, probably to hide a chip. The largest cartouche has minute dots where the glaze didn't penetrate while being fired.