A pair of Arita blue and white soup plates painted with scattered sprays of prunus and bamboo -- 9in. (23cm.) diam; a Chinese blue and white baluster jar and domed cover decorated with bands of peonies nad geometric motifs -- 9¾in. (24.7cm.) high; and a Japanese pottery sake bottle painted in coloured enamels with comical hares and toads -- 7¾in. (19.5cm.) high. (4)