THREE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL JARS AND COVERS, the body depicting a karashishi prowling on the banks of a stream beneath branches of pine and peony, with ho-o birds hovering above, the shoulders with four foliate-shaped panels alternately depicting a ho-o bird and stylized flowers and foliage interspersed on a ground of flower-heads and scrolling foliage, the domed cover with large knop finial similarly decorated (two covers repaired, chip to one cover, one jar with small rim cracks), late 17th Century