JAPAN, Meiji period (1868-1912) A Satsuma earthenware tripod incense burner, globular with two handles, decorated with women in landscapes inside two large medallions, on a midnight blue background with a gilt motif of prunus flowers, enamelled mark "Kusube" (for the Kusube Ceramic Export Factory) under the base. H. Approx. 14 cm LDM Damage to the lid, restoration to one of the handles Provenance: collection formed in Indochina by the great-grandparents and grandparents of the current owner, namely André Crochet (arrived in Annam in 1888) and his wife, as well as Juliette Renault (née Crochet) and Philippe Oreste Renault (1881-1934), Director of Offices in the Cochinchina government and Prefect of Saigon. Works preserved and handed down in the family since 1935.