A PAIR OF MASSIVE JAPANESE EXPORT PORCELAIN IMARI VASES, COVERS AND STANDS
MEIJI/TAISHO PERIOD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each painted to the front and back with a gentleman on horseback, a lady in a rickshaw and numerous children and attendants, the sides with two ladies arranging flowers in an interior, the surrounding iron-red ground with bands of red whorls, the undersides inscribed Hichozan Nakamura sei, each cover with conforming decoration and a pair of confronting fish-form finials, the stands each with a red and blue socle on a domed base with six cloud-shaped feet, painted with blue and white flowers, clouds and whorls
66 in. (167.6 cm.) high
A PAIR OF MASSIVE JAPANESE EXPORT PORCELAIN IMARI VASES, COVERS AND STANDS
MEIJI/TAISHO PERIOD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each painted to the front and back with a gentleman on horseback, a lady in a rickshaw and numerous children and attendants, the sides with two ladies arranging flowers in an interior, the surrounding iron-red ground with bands of red whorls, the undersides inscribed Hichozan Nakamura sei, each cover with conforming decoration and a pair of confronting fish-form finials, the stands each with a red and blue socle on a domed base with six cloud-shaped feet, painted with blue and white flowers, clouds and whorls
66 in. (167.6 cm.) high
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