Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Large Japanese blue and white Arita octagonal vase and cover, Genroku period, circa 1700, the lobed body decorated with two ho-ho birds in a garden scene by a river bank with peony and fruiting branches beneath cloudscrolls, the shoulders with a wide band of peony flowerheads and foliage against a karakusa ground, the neck with stylised panels containing a leaf surrounded by scrollwork, the domed cover similarly decorated with a ho-ho bird in a garden scene with karakusa and surmounted by a knop finial. Outside Margin Scheme ie plus tax at 20%
Dimensions:
Height: 27 ¾ in. (78.5 cm.) , ¾ in. (55.3 cm.); height without cover: 21
Condition:
Minor fritting to rim.
Notes:
A very similar vase can be found in the Kanbara Collection at the Kyushu Ceramic Museum (no. 098)
Guest & Gray 58 Davies StreetLondonW1K 5LP
