A small vintage Japanese vase, possibly Kutani porcelain. The form is a long-neck bottle vase, sometimes also called a solifleur vase. decorated in overglaze enamels with a bird among flowering plants beside a winding riverbank. The pale celadon-green ground gives the piece a soft, almost misted quality, while small gilt accents catch the light across the bird’s plumage and foot rim. Marked to the base in iron red. The vase has a pale celadon-green ground, overglaze enamel decoration of a bird among flowering plants beside a winding riverbank, with gilt highlights. The theme is very much a waterside garden landscape. Condition note: Some wear to the paint, no chips