EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)
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AN ARITA JAR
Edo Period (Late 17th Century)
Of octagonal form decorated in various coloured enamels and gilt on underglaze blue with a ho-o bird in flight and another perched on a rock among peonies and foliage, the shoulder with a band of stylised peonies and foliage and another of scrolling foliage, the neck with rectangular panels of geometric patterns on a scrolling foliage ground, cracks, some old damage
17½in. (44.5cm.) high
Edo Period (Late 17th Century)
Of octagonal form decorated in various coloured enamels and gilt on underglaze blue with a ho-o bird in flight and another perched on a rock among peonies and foliage, the shoulder with a band of stylised peonies and foliage and another of scrolling foliage, the neck with rectangular panels of geometric patterns on a scrolling foliage ground, cracks, some old damage
17½in. (44.5cm.) high
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R. Soame Jenyns Collection label