AN IMARI TRUMPET VASE decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt with alternating panels of scrolling peonies and lotus flowers between stylised flowerheads on a ground of a gamboling shishi lion and a ho-o among chrysanthemums and further peonies, the rim and foot with cartouches of butterflies among flowers (some restoration to rim), late 17th century

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AN IMARI TRUMPET VASE decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt with alternating panels of scrolling peonies and lotus flowers between stylised flowerheads on a ground of a gamboling shishi lion and a ho-o among chrysanthemums and further peonies, the rim and foot with cartouches of butterflies among flowers (some restoration to rim), late 17th century
60.4cm. high

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