A TALL JAPANESE ARITA VASE

A TALL JAPANESE ARITA VASE
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The cylindrical body with a narrow neck, richly decorated in polychrome enamels with stylised kotobuki characters, ho-o birds, scrolling clouds, tama (sacred jewels) and other formal designs, signed Kotobuki migi ni, Nanri sei, possibly for Nanri Kaju (1819-1880), 42.5cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.