A fine tea bowl Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1890 Delicately potted and decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear crackled ground with a continous frieze of figures in various pursuits and celebrations above alternating spiral bands of cherry blossoms and chrysanthemums, the foot painted with geometric bands, the interior with a profusion of butterflies below blossoming flowers on the interior rim, signed in gilt Yabu Meizan 2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
A fine tea bowl Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1890 Delicately potted and decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear crackled ground with a continous frieze of figures in various pursuits and celebrations above alternating spiral bands of cherry blossoms and chrysanthemums, the foot painted with geometric bands, the interior with a profusion of butterflies below blossoming flowers on the interior rim, signed in gilt Yabu Meizan 2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
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