JAPAN, Meiji era (1868-1912) Red Kutani porcelain covered vase with enamelled decoration in two large cartouches on one side of an immortal (sennin) under a pine tree facing a river, and on the other of a phœnix in the clouds, surrounded by other medallions with geometric motifs (and a pomegranate) on a background of flowers and foliage, A frieze of waves on the neck and rim of the lid, pomegranate-shaped handle, mark on the base "Kutani Kaga kuni Watano sei" (Manufactured by the Watano Company in Kutani in the province of Kaga). H. 35 cm