A TOTAI SHIPPO PORCELAIN VASE, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

h cm 31

Of bulbous form, with the base and neck in underglaze blue and white porcelain, the body decorated in totai shippo (porcelain cloisonné) with floral motifs reserved against a pale blue ground. The base bears the mark Dai Nihon Shippo Kaisha seizō (大日本七宝会社製造).