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A pair of Kutani tripod bottle vases
with everted rims and moulded mask handles, each supported by three karako, the cylindrical necks painted and gilt with panels of a lady standing on rockwork carrying a basket of fish and a cockerel, hen and chicks among maple branches, the bodies with pomegranate roundels on grounds of dense lotus flowers and leaves -- 12¾in. (32.4cm.) high, (each with one leg restuck, one with hairline crack to neck).
See Colour Plate.
with everted rims and moulded mask handles, each supported by three karako, the cylindrical necks painted and gilt with panels of a lady standing on rockwork carrying a basket of fish and a cockerel, hen and chicks among maple branches, the bodies with pomegranate roundels on grounds of dense lotus flowers and leaves -- 12¾in. (32.4cm.) high, (each with one leg restuck, one with hairline crack to neck).
See Colour Plate.