AN IMARI OCTAGONAL BALUSTER VASE WITH COVER, in iron-red enamel and gilt on underglaze blue with alternating panels containing ho-o birds and paulonia, on a stylized kiku flower ground, the shoulder with lappets of geometric flowers and karakusa, the neck with alternating patterns of geometric design and flowers, similar lappet motif on the domed cover with a large gilt karashishi on a rock as a finial (cover restored with replacement finial), 18th century