A LARGE PAIR OF JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE VASES AND COVERS

A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE PAIR OF JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE VASES AND COVERS
EDO PERIOD, C.1700

The large octagonal baluster bodies decorated in underglaze blue with large Hō-ō birds in flight and perched amongst vegetation, in a luxuriant garden with large camellia and rockwork, framed by borders of triangular lappets, scrolling tendrils, auspicious objects and karakusa scrolls to the necks; the covers with further birds amongst flowers, 71cm and 73cm. (4).

Provenance: from the collection of Baron & Baroness Michiels Van Kessenich of Kasteel Reymersbeek, The Netherlands, and thence by descent.

See Japanese Art, 23rd May 2018, lot 953 for another large pair of Arita blue and white vases and covers decorated with Hō-ō birds.