A deep Satsuma tea bowl Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900 With straight upright sides and a slightly everted mouth painted in colored enamels and gilt, the exterior decorated with a narrow frieze of the foxes' wedding procession against a ground of chrysanthemum blossoms, the interior with spiraling panels of birds, insects, fish, and frogs engaged in various activities, alternating with maple leaves and lines of dots within circles, all against a gilt stippled ground, the rim and foot painted with gilt bands, signed on the underside Seikozan 3 1/4in (8.3cm) high