WITHDRAWN

A LARGE JAPANESE IMARI CHARGER

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

Typically decorated in gilt, underglaze blue, red and black enamels, the well painted with the shochikubai, the branches of prunus, bamboo and pine issuing from a large tripod vessel, the cavetto and rim with a band of flowering peonies and two large ho-o birds in flight, the underside with flowering sprays, 53.4cm.