A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE BOX AND COVER AND A VASE

A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE BOX AND COVER AND A VASE

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Both pieces decorated in underglaze blue with geometric designs and brocade patterns in shonzui style, the cover of the circular box with a central medallion enclosing a Chinese scholar playing the qin with a boy attendant by his side, a mark underneath reading Xu Ting zao zhi (Made in the Sun Pavilion); the double-gourd vase with shaped panels depicting landscapes on the lower half, the upper section with lines of calligraphy, a circular impressed mark to the side, possibly for Eiraku, 14.5cm and 20cm respectively. (3)

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.