Japanese Earthenware Vase and Dish Signed with gilt seal Yabu Meizen, Meiji Period The ovoid vase intricately enameled and gilt painted with a descending processional scene above a flowering band and beneath a millefiori lotus shoulder continuing to a narrowing everted neck; the round plate painted with ladies depicted performing daily activities within a diamond shippo border. Vase with rim chip. H of vase: 7in 17.8 cm; Diameter of plate: 8.375in 21.3 cm