Pair of Satsuma porcelain vases in rhomboid shape, decorated with colored and gilded enamels with four panels containing birds between flowers in a basket and vases, band with stylized butterflies, the neck with four panels of cranes among golden clouds, on four feet. Signed by Takayama Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) 19th century (h. cm 32,5) (defects) Provenance: Lot 12, Auction 7464, Christie's, Un hôtel particulier du Faubourg Saint-Germain The Collection of The Marquis and Marquise de Ravenel, London, 22 november 2007