A KAKIEMON OVIFORM VASE decorated in iron-red, blue, green, yellow and black enamels and underglaze blue lines, with birds perched and hovering amongst a profusion of flowers and foliage including chrysanthemums, the foot with a band of geometric design, the shoulder with a band of hanabishi (cover missing), circa 1660

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A KAKIEMON OVIFORM VASE decorated in iron-red, blue, green, yellow and black enamels and underglaze blue lines, with birds perched and hovering amongst a profusion of flowers and foliage including chrysanthemums, the foot with a band of geometric design, the shoulder with a band of hanabishi (cover missing), circa 1660
13.7 cm. high

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A similar example is illustrated Japanese Ceramics in the Toguri Collection, Toguri Museum of Art, 1988, pl. 254

Cf. Nihon no Toji, IX, pl. 81

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