A KO-IMARI VASE

EDO PERIOD (MID-17TH CENTURY)

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A KO-IMARI VASE
Edo Period (Mid-17th Century)
The baluster shaped body decorated in iron red, green, yellow and aubergine enamels with a continuous band of peonies issuing from rocks and bamboos among scrolling clouds, the shoulder with a band of brocade motifs and four cartouches, each depicting flowers issuing from a rock, the flared rim with a band of lappets, some old wear to the enamels
10.7/8in. (27.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

For two similar vases, see Nihon no toji Kakiemon, vol. 9, pl. 44 and 200 years of Japanese Porcelain, (City Art Museum of St Louis, 1970), no. 74.

Two similar vases sold in these Rooms, 2 July 1985, lots 85 and 86.

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