Japanese Works of Art - 12th November 2019
Lot 217
THREE JAPANESE IMARI VASES AND COVERS EDO PERIOD
Estimate £4,500 - £5,000 | Hammer £4200
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THREE JAPANESE IMARI VASES AND COVERS
EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY
Two a pair, the baluster bodies typically decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, red and orange enamels with flowering peonies, brocade designs, scrolling tendrils, mon and other motifs, the lids topped with ferocious-looking shishi on rocky outcrops, together with another vase decorated in the same palette with frolicking lion dogs and panels of birds amongst vegetation, the cover with a seated shishi, 63cm max. (6)