A LARGE OVOID IMARI VASE AND COVER decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, black, pink and iron-red with shaped panels of peony bouquets alternating with smaller roundels containing rabbits, all on a ground of scrolling foliage, the shoulders with lappets displaying floral motifs which are repeated on the domed cover, the finial modelled in the shape of a standing bijin holding a fan (minor old damage, finial restored), late 17th century

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A LARGE OVOID IMARI VASE AND COVER decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, black, pink and iron-red with shaped panels of peony bouquets alternating with smaller roundels containing rabbits, all on a ground of scrolling foliage, the shoulders with lappets displaying floral motifs which are repeated on the domed cover, the finial modelled in the shape of a standing bijin holding a fan (minor old damage, finial restored), late 17th century
92.5cm.high

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