A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE SAKE BOTTLE

A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE SAKE BOTTLE, TOKKURI

EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

The tall rectangular body decorated in underglaze blue, each side depicting a different carp leaping up a waterfall, with branches of pine and blossoming prunus above, the shoulder painted with rows of pine needles and four chidori birds, the neck with triangular lappets, 20cm.