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EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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                                            A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI LARGE VASES AND COVERS
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Each oviform vase with short cylindrical neck, decorated in iron red and gilt on underglaze blue with a broad band of plum, chrysanthemum and hydrangea issuing from rockwork, the shoulder with a band of chrysanthemum petals with various geometric and floral designs, the neck with karakusa, the domed covers similarly decorated, the finials modelled as sacred pearls
24 ½ in. (62 cm.) high
                                        
                                    EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Each oviform vase with short cylindrical neck, decorated in iron red and gilt on underglaze blue with a broad band of plum, chrysanthemum and hydrangea issuing from rockwork, the shoulder with a band of chrysanthemum petals with various geometric and floral designs, the neck with karakusa, the domed covers similarly decorated, the finials modelled as sacred pearls
24 ½ in. (62 cm.) high
Provenance
                                        
                                            Probably Lt. Col. Herbert James Hope-Edwardes, Netley Hall, Shropshire, and by descent.
Lady More (née Hope-Edwardes formerly, Coldwell), Netley Hall and subsequently Linley Hall, Shropshire, and by descent.
                                    Lady More (née Hope-Edwardes formerly, Coldwell), Netley Hall and subsequently Linley Hall, Shropshire, and by descent.
Literature
                                        
                                            Possibly, T. Cox, Inventory of the contents of Netley Hall, Shropshire, 1917, p. 13 (staircase and landing).
                                        
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