A large Japanese Imari jar and cover
18th Century
The baluster sides decorated in iron-red, gilt and underglaze-blue with three large ho-o birds (phoenix) amidst flowering branches, the shoulder with quail, birds and butterflies among branches of chrysanthemum and peony, similarly decorated on the high domed cover applied with hexagonal finial, repair to cover
89 cm. high
A large Japanese Imari jar and cover
18th Century
The baluster sides decorated in iron-red, gilt and underglaze-blue with three large ho-o birds (phoenix) amidst flowering branches, the shoulder with quail, birds and butterflies among branches of chrysanthemum and peony, similarly decorated on the high domed cover applied with hexagonal finial, repair to cover
89 cm. high
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