MATSUMOTO HOZAN (active circa 1900) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century The tall lantern shape vase decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt with three alternating with scenes of crowds near the Fuji Mountain, landscape, and peacock with flowers, under the ground with brocade and leave pattern. Signed on the underside Dai Nihon Matsumoto Hozan beneath the mark of the Shimazu family and the Yasuda company mark. H.28.8cm

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