Two Japanese Imari baluster jars and covers
19th 20th Century
One painted to the ribbed sides with two panels each enclosing a gentleman and a boy in a flower-garden with cranes, divided by further shaped panels enclosing dragons and shishi lions, the cover with lion finial, restoration to base, 80 cm. high; and the other painted to the hexagonal sides with two shaped panels of flowering branches, reserved on a ruyi ground, the shoulder with alternate scroll and diaper-pattern panels, the neck decorated with shaped cartouches enclosing flowers, the cover with lion finial, cover and neck restored, 64.5 cm. high (2)
Two Japanese Imari baluster jars and covers
19th 20th Century
One painted to the ribbed sides with two panels each enclosing a gentleman and a boy in a flower-garden with cranes, divided by further shaped panels enclosing dragons and shishi lions, the cover with lion finial, restoration to base, 80 cm. high; and the other painted to the hexagonal sides with two shaped panels of flowering branches, reserved on a ruyi ground, the shoulder with alternate scroll and diaper-pattern panels, the neck decorated with shaped cartouches enclosing flowers, the cover with lion finial, cover and neck restored, 64.5 cm. high (2)