A JAPANESE IMARI OCTAGONAL VASE AND COVER
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Decorated in iron-red and gilt on underglaze blue with alternate fan shaped and lobed panels depicting blossoming cherry trees, peonies and a river landscape, the shoulder with half chrysanthemum-flowerheads on a karakusa ground, the cover similarly decorated, the finial in the form of a sacred pearl
30¼ in. (77 cm.) high
A JAPANESE IMARI OCTAGONAL VASE AND COVER
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Decorated in iron-red and gilt on underglaze blue with alternate fan shaped and lobed panels depicting blossoming cherry trees, peonies and a river landscape, the shoulder with half chrysanthemum-flowerheads on a karakusa ground, the cover similarly decorated, the finial in the form of a sacred pearl
30¼ in. (77 cm.) high
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