A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE KIYOMIZU WARE VASE

A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE KIYOMIZU WARE VASE
20TH CENTURY

24cm. (2)

From a Japanese private collection, London.

Of bulbous shape with a short foot and an upturned rim, the sides decorated with two small birds perched on flowering branches of peony; the base with a four-character mark possibly reading Heian Zuikō; together with an inscribed tomobako wood box.