Japanese vase id?

Yes, and the Japanese taste is seen in his paintings and his garden in Giverny. You can just spot him underneath his Japanese bridge in this photo, the waterlilies he immortalised in a Japanese inspired way are in the stream:

 

Halos indicate divine beings. Kwannon (Guanyin) and grumpy Immortal or such like. Very simplified.

 

I thought it was safe to assume the halos meant exalted beings, but did not want to assume the meaning was so close to western usage. Wasn't the emperor considered divine?

 

He is considered a descendant of the ancient Japanese sun goddess, if I remember correctly. But I have never seen him depicted with a halo. Or depicted on Satsuma ware, for that matter.
This type of Satsuma ware was made for the West, not for Japan. The Japanese think it is gaudy, made for savages like us. (Well, not kyra or I, obviously. We may be savages, but this is not our taste.)

 

Me, I'm a heathen barbarian.

 

And proud of it...

 

Did I miss a picture? I didn't see where it says made in Japan.

 

"Fabrication Japonaise"

 

This style of the Satsuma immortal vase has been made since the late 1800s. (Maybe earlier) all the way through today. Different color combinations and variations to the immortals.

The price variations will bounce up and down depending on age and the quality of the enamel paint.

In the case of the OP's vase, there is nice enamel paint - but there are large areas that not covered, hence my first reaction that it was 1960s. In looking closer the colors and thickness look more 1930s.

 

Thank you for answering my question.

 

I think we owe the popularity of Japanese goods and japonisme design to the British designer Dr Christopher Dresser - and of course those American gunships that started it all.

 

Ok, forget Dejima and centuries of trade....