A Japanese Arita blue and white ovoid jar and cover and a Japanese Imari charger
late 17th and 18th Century
The jar painted with large panels of chrysanthemum, peony and bamboo in rocky gardens on a ground of stylised flower-scrolls, the foot and shoulder decorated with various geometrical patterns, the cover with a floral decoration, cover reglued, chip, 44.5 cm. high; and an Imari charger painted and gilt to the central medallion with a shishi surrounded by peonies and asters, surrounded to the well and rim with large shaped panels of further shishi and cranes in flight, rim chip and crack, 55.3 cm. diam. (2)
A Japanese Arita blue and white ovoid jar and cover and a Japanese Imari charger
late 17th and 18th Century
The jar painted with large panels of chrysanthemum, peony and bamboo in rocky gardens on a ground of stylised flower-scrolls, the foot and shoulder decorated with various geometrical patterns, the cover with a floral decoration, cover reglued, chip, 44.5 cm. high; and an Imari charger painted and gilt to the central medallion with a shishi surrounded by peonies and asters, surrounded to the well and rim with large shaped panels of further shishi and cranes in flight, rim chip and crack, 55.3 cm. diam. (2)
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