A PAIR OF IMARI OCTAGONAL VASES AND COVERS, decorated in various coloured enamels and gilt on underglaze blue with alternating panels of karashishi and birds in a garden, all on a kiku, peony and foliate ground, the shoulders with karashishi on a ground of karakusa and peonies, the covers decorated with karashishi and surmounted by a large karashishi finial (old damages), late 17th century