A PAIR OF IMARI VASES AND COVERS decorated in iron-red, green, aubergine and black enamels and gilt on underglaze blue, with panels alternately depicting karashishi among rockwork, cranes among pines, divided by elaborate tassels surmounted from butterfly panels among a profusion of peonies and foliage, (one vase with shoulder crack restored), the European covers decorated in a similar manner, surmounted by karashishi finials, late 17th century, the covers 19th century (2)