A PAIR OF LARGE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS

EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1700

Of octagonal form, each decorated with a continuous scene of ho-ho birds in a river landscape, with large hibiscus and peony flowers blooming amongst rocky outcrops with a band of triangular lappets above the foot, karakusa scrolls and palmettes to the shoulder and Buddhist emblems to the neck, with domed covers, one associated, 67cm and 66cm. (4)

Cf. Japanese Art, 23rd May 2018, lot 953 for another pair of vases with similar decoration from Warrens House, Bramshaw, the New Forest, sold in these rooms.