A Japanese Bizen-style broad pear shaped bottle vase decorated in coloured enamels and gilt with roundels of fruiting vine, drying fishing nets, pine trees, a root vegetable, a crab and coins on a ground of scrolling flowerheads -- 7¾in. high; a hexagonal slender tapering vase in bronze style with green lacquer style enamels -- 9½in. high; and another studio pottery vase -- 9½in. high.

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A Japanese Bizen-style broad pear shaped bottle vase decorated in coloured enamels and gilt with roundels of fruiting vine, drying fishing nets, pine trees, a root vegetable, a crab and coins on a ground of scrolling flowerheads -- 7¾in. high; a hexagonal slender tapering vase in bronze style with green lacquer style enamels -- 9½in. high; and another studio pottery vase -- 9½in. high.
See Colour Plate 12. (3)

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