A small vase of exaggerated bulbous form on a flared foot, with boys at play. Lawrence dates it to around 1910 and notes its distinctly creamy yellow body, against the greyish tone of the early freehand vase (pl. 23). He uses it as an example of how copper-plate underdrawing standardised the studio’s output: the boys’ faces are stylised. In a note he records a vase of identical shape, decorated with wisteria, in the Victoria and Albert Museum (C.231-1910).
Compare: V&A C.231-1910 (same shape per Lawrence 2011, p. 47 n. 20): catalogue record “Miniature vase with wisteria on a pierced foot (V&A C.231-1910)”. A comparison, not the same object.
Description summarised from Louis Lawrence, Satsuma: The Romance of Japan (2011), pl. 24, pp. 44–45. Measurements and marks are as published and have not been checked against the object.