LATE 17TH CENTURY
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An Imari three piece garniture
Late 17th Century
Comprising one jar and cover and two trumpet vases decorated in various coloured enamels and gilt on underglaze blue with various shaped cartouches depicting a long tailed pheasant perched on a rock under a pine, a stylised ho-o bird spreading its wings in flight and a karashishi elegantly jumping from one branch to another, the main body decorated with chrysanthemums, peonies and scrolling foliage, the necks with two dragons circling among stylised scrolling clouds, the cover similarly decorated surmounted by a finial modelled as a karashishi on rockwork, some restoration
Jar and cover 26in. (66cm.) high and trumpet vases 16½in. (42cm.) (3)
Late 17th Century
Comprising one jar and cover and two trumpet vases decorated in various coloured enamels and gilt on underglaze blue with various shaped cartouches depicting a long tailed pheasant perched on a rock under a pine, a stylised ho-o bird spreading its wings in flight and a karashishi elegantly jumping from one branch to another, the main body decorated with chrysanthemums, peonies and scrolling foliage, the necks with two dragons circling among stylised scrolling clouds, the cover similarly decorated surmounted by a finial modelled as a karashishi on rockwork, some restoration
Jar and cover 26in. (66cm.) high and trumpet vases 16½in. (42cm.) (3)