LATE 17TH CENTURY
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A pair of Imari coffee urns
Late 17th Century
Decorated in iron-red, green and yellow enamels and gilt on underglaze blue with cranes and their nest among plum, pine and bamboo, a moulded opening for the metal tap, the whole supported by three feet shaped as actors, the loop handles with a spray of scrolling foliage, the covers with a knop finial shaped as a peach, (one with a foot repaired, slight chips and minor extended firing cracks)
40.2cm. high
Late 17th Century
Decorated in iron-red, green and yellow enamels and gilt on underglaze blue with cranes and their nest among plum, pine and bamboo, a moulded opening for the metal tap, the whole supported by three feet shaped as actors, the loop handles with a spray of scrolling foliage, the covers with a knop finial shaped as a peach, (one with a foot repaired, slight chips and minor extended firing cracks)
40.2cm. high