JAPAN, Meiji era (1868-1912) A Satsuma earthenware baluster vase, the foot and neck round but the body square (rounded) in section, decorated with six rakan accompanied by scholars and servants in four scenes surrounded by numerous geometric or stylised motifs on the neck, shoulder and foot, signed below the base "Nippon Hattori" in a square cartouche accompanied by the mark of the Shimazu clan H. 18.5 cm