A PAIR OF IMARI BALUSTER VASES MOUNTED AS LAMPS
Edo Period (Late 17th Century)
Decorated in iron-red and gilt on underglaze blue with a continuous scene of houses among scrolling clouds in a mountainous landscape, the neck with a similar scene within three shaped panels separated by large peony blossom among formal scrolls, some old wear
Each 16in. (42.5cm.) high (2)
Lot Essay
These vases are of an unusual design and may possibly have followed a Delft design which in turn had interpreted a Japanese design, for example that of the Delft wares of Pieter Adriaenz Kocks.