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19TH CENTURY
Details
A large Samson Japanese Imari jar and cover
19th Century
The baluster sides decorated in various coloured enamels, iron-red and gilt on underglaze blue, with fan- and chrysanthemum-shaped panels enclosing exotic flowers and ho-o bird (phoenix) reserved on a ground of scrolling foliage and flower-heads, below tasselled draperies round the broad shoulders, similarly decorated on the high domed cover surmounted by a karashishi (lion) finial on rockwork (inner base retouched)
96cm. high
19th Century
The baluster sides decorated in various coloured enamels, iron-red and gilt on underglaze blue, with fan- and chrysanthemum-shaped panels enclosing exotic flowers and ho-o bird (phoenix) reserved on a ground of scrolling foliage and flower-heads, below tasselled draperies round the broad shoulders, similarly decorated on the high domed cover surmounted by a karashishi (lion) finial on rockwork (inner base retouched)
96cm. high
Provenance
Bearing a paper label on the base inscribed 'S. Alberge et Fils Antiquaire, 11 Plaats, La Haye, Hollande'