MEIJI PERIOD
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A pair of Imari tall pear-shaped vases,
Meiji period
Decorated in iron-red, green and black enamels and gilt with two large shaped panels enclosing a ho-o bird hovering above a flaming pearl and stylized flower stems, between petal and lappet borders to the foot and wavy trumpet neck, reserved on a green crested-wave-pattern ground (one rim crack)
94 cm high, mounted as lamps (2)
Meiji period
Decorated in iron-red, green and black enamels and gilt with two large shaped panels enclosing a ho-o bird hovering above a flaming pearl and stylized flower stems, between petal and lappet borders to the foot and wavy trumpet neck, reserved on a green crested-wave-pattern ground (one rim crack)
94 cm high, mounted as lamps (2)